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It’s been a busy time for Finland-headquartered Iceye. The 11-year-old satellite Earth-Observation (EO) company, an undisputed unicorn among European new space firms, has over the past few months been releasing back-to-back contract announcements. A host of European nations have ordered synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites including the Polish Armed Forces, the Portuguese Air Force, Finland,…

STARBASE, Texas—A beehive of aerospace technicians, construction workers, and spaceflight fans descended on South Texas this weekend in advance of the next test flight of SpaceX’s gigantic Starship rocket, the largest vehicle of its kind ever built. Towering 404 feet (123.1 meters) tall, the rocket was supposed to lift off during a one-hour launch window…

Welcome to the September edition of Via Satellite. This edition has a fantastic lineup of features touching on some of the most important issues driving the conversation in the satellite industry — the future of Geostationary Orbit (GEO), aviation and cruise markets, and the ramp-up of space capabilities for defense in Europe. In the cover…

Assured Space Access Technologies is rolling out a new phased array antenna system designed for missile defense radar operations and space communications. Assured Space announced the CapLink Array on Monday, explaining it is designed with a “proprietary capacitive dipole element design in a novel configuration,” for wide frequency bandwidth and high gain. The CapLink Array…

As global reliance on Earth Observation (EO) continues to accelerate, demand is shifting from raw satellite imagery to end-to-end geospatial intelligence — insights that are timely, trusted, and tailored to mission-specific needs. Neo Space Group (NSG), a provider of satellite communications, geospatial, and PNT services, wholly owned by the Public Investment Fund (PIF) and aligned…

SpaceX completed its 33rd cargo delivery to the International Space Station early Monday, when a Dragon supply ship glided to an automated docking with more than 5,000 pounds of scientific experiments and provisions for the lab’s seven-person crew. The resupply flight is part of the normal rotation of cargo and crew missions that keep the…

A satellite in Geostationary Orbit (GEO) is the picture of stability. It seems to hover motionless above the same spot on Earth, broadcasting to the same region year after year. But the market for GEO is moving fast. What was once a stable business model built on 15 to 20-year investments, reliable revenues and minimal…

When Netflix shipped DVDs by mail in the early 2000s, the U.S. Postal Service effectively offered a higher data rate than dial-up internet. Then broadband internet arrived — and seemingly overnight, streaming media rewired our world: binge-watching, e-commerce, nonstop social feeds. Platforms like YouTube and Facebook followed, unleashing demand for services that hadn’t previously existed.…