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Rachel Jewett | November 3 2020 3:57 pm

Lacuna Space Second IoT Gateway Satellite is Now In Orbit

Lacuna Space completed in-orbit checks on Tuesday for an Internet of Things (IoT) small satellite launched on Sept. 28 by Roscosmos. The ...
Annamarie Nyirady | November 2 2020 3:45 pm

Gilat Successfully Carries 5G Traffic Over Thaicom’s GEO HTS Satellite

Gilat Satellite Networks successfully demonstrated carrying 5G traffic over Thaicom's Geostationary Orbit (GEO) High-Throughput ...
Rachel Jewett | October 27 2020 2:45 pm

Inmarsat and Orbcomm Extended IoT Partnership Through 2035 

Inmarsat and Orbcomm have extended their Internet of Things (IoT) partnership through at least 2035 to collaborate on product innovation, ...
Rachel Jewett | October 9 2020 2:00 pm

RigNet Receives Multi-Year Satellite Communications Service Contract 

RigNet, Inc. has received a multi-year contract with what it calls one of the "largest contractors" in the offshore drilling ...
Rachel Jewett | September 25 2020 2:26 pm

Thales Selects Anywaves to Build Antennas for Omnispace IoT Project 

Thales Alenia Space has selected Anywaves as the prime contractor to deliver payload user antennas that will be embedded into the initial ...
Annamarie Nyirady | September 10 2020 4:21 pm

CropX Acquires Regen to Expand Farm Management Platform

CropX has acquired New Zealand-based Regen, provider of cloud-based effluent and irrigation decision support tools, the company announced ...
Annamarie Nyirady | August 20 2020 3:23 pm

Exolaunch Will Launch 2 Kepler 6U XL Satellites

Exolaunch revealed on Tuesday that it signed a launch agreement for two of Kepler's 6U XL satellites. Exolaunch will provide launch, ...
Rachel Jewett | August 19 2020 3:55 pm

MediaTek, Inmarsat Demonstrate 5G Satellite IoT Data Connection

MediaTek reports it has conducted a successful trial of a 5G satellite Internet of Things (IoT) data connection. In a Wednesday release, ...
Annamarie Nyirady | August 18 2020 4:26 pm

Skylo Partners With Sony Semiconductor Israel on 5G-Ready NB-IoT

Skylo revealed on Tuesday that it is partnering with Sony Semiconductor Israel (formerly known as Altair Semiconductor). Skylo and Sony say ...
Rachel Jewett | August 13 2020 2:18 pm

Iridium to Test IoT Device Iridum Edge Solar with 7 Partners 

Iridium is partnering with CLS Telemetry, Everywhere Communications, Marlink, M2M Connectivity, Rock Seven, and Tesacom to test its newest ...
Jeffrey Hill | August 5 2020 11:53 am

Blue Canyon Technologies Tapped to Build QETSSat Encryption Satellite

Loft Orbital awarded a contract to small satellite manufacturer Blue Canyon Technologies (BCT) to develop and build the YAM-4 spacecraft ...
Jeffrey Hill | July 21 2020 2:56 pm

LeoStella Contracted for More Loft Orbital Satellite Buses

Specialized satellite manufacturer LeoStella will build and integrate satellite buses for space infrastructure-as-a-service company Loft ...
Jeffrey Hill | June 8 2020 2:47 pm

SpaceX Software Lead Reveals Starlink Details in Reddit AMA

SpaceX Director of Starlink Software Matt Monson revealed some new details about the company’s mysterious Starlink constellation ...
Rachel Jewett | June 2 2020 4:13 pm

Inmarsat Deploys IoT Solution for Mining Tailings Management

Inmarsat has deployed a new product, Tailings Insight, an Internet of Things (IoT) solution for monitoring mining tailings storage ...
Rachel Jewett | May 29 2020 2:48 pm

Ligado Receives $100M in New Investments 

Ligado Networks has received more than $100 million in new investments for its work to build 5G Internet of Things (IoT) networks, the ...
Rachel Jewett | May 29 2020 2:42 pm

After 5G NGSO Broadband Failures – What Next for Investors?

In our recent column, we proposed a golden triangle of competitive differentiation in the satcom industry, comprising advantageous ...
Jeffrey Hill | May 22 2020 10:32 am

Hypergiant Releases AI-Powered Satellite Mission Management Platform

Texas-based AI startup Hypergiant Industries has officially launched a software platform that supports autonomous satellite operations for ...
Jeffrey Hill | May 20 2020 5:15 pm

ATIS Urges U.S. Government, Industry Collaboration on 6G Strategy

The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) has issued a call-to-action statement urging U.S. government agencies, ...

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