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Vitesse Systems has combined with Accelint to form a new defense tech company called Lyntris, focused on the connected battlefield.  Both companies have been under the ownership of Trive Capital and are now unified under the name Lyntris, according to a May 11 announcement. The combined company supports defense and national security missions across space,…

Aetherflux, the company started by former Robinhood co-founder Baiju Bhatt, has rebranded as Cowboy Space and expanded its focus to orbital data centers and associated launch infrastructure. Cowboy Space announced a $275 million Series B round on Monday, which values the company at $2 billion. Index Ventures led the round, which also included participation from…

Space42 has made a significant move in the direct-to-device (D2D) arena, partnering with Skylo Technologies to deliver standards-based D2D connectivity through its Thuraya-4 geostationary (GEO) satellite. Space42 announced Monday that technology integration between Skylo’s 3GPP-compliant non-terrestrial network (NTN) platform and Thuraya-4 is complete, confirming the service is ready for commercial deployment. The companies have demonstrated a…

Hughes Network Systems continues to report lower satellite broadband subscribers, citing competition from satellite competitors and other technologies.  Hughes reported broadband subscribers on Monday as part of EchoStar’s first quarter financials, reporting 681,000 broadband subscribers at the quarter end. This was a 20% decline year-over-year and a decline of 58,000 subscribers sequentially.  Hughes enterprise backlog…

After decades of controlling all aspects of spaceflight, the Indian government decided in 2020 to open things up to private industry. Essentially, the government said, companies could build their own rockets, obtain permission to launch them, and even use state-operated facilities. The government and the country’s space agency, ISRO, instituted this change in response to…