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Satellites

Amazon’s Project Kuiper and OneWeb raise the curtain higher on their satellite plans

Filings with the Federal Communications Commission are providing fresh details about the plans being laid by Amazon and OneWeb to… Read More

OneWeb satellite

Intelsat sues OneWeb broadband satellite venture over a mega-deal that went sour

One of the world’s biggest satellite operators, Intelsat, is accusing the OneWeb broadband satellite venture and its biggest investor, SoftBank,… Read More

Starlink satellites

SpaceX wants to rearrange its Starlink satellites for faster broadband ramp-up

SpaceX is seeking approval from the Federal Communications Commission for changes in the spacing of its Starlink broadband satellites, in… Read More

OneWeb targets the Arctic for the kickoff of its satellite broadband service in 2020

OneWeb says it’ll start delivering broadband internet service to the Arctic via satellite in 2020, turning the “Last Frontier” into… Read More

SpaceX reports a ‘bug’ in its alert system after ESA shifts spacecraft to avoid Starlink satellite collision

The European Space Agency says it performed a collision avoidance maneuver over the Labor Day weekend to head off a… Read More

SpaceX Falcon 9 launch

SpaceX sweetens the deal for satellite rideshare launches, and Starlink is in on it

Three weeks after announcing that it’s getting into the rideshare market for launching small satellites, SpaceX slashed its prices by… Read More

Astranis satellite

Astranis reserves a ride with SpaceX for satellite that’ll boost broadband in Alaska

A California-based startup called Astranis Space Technologies has signed a deal with SpaceX for the launch of its first geostationary… Read More

Rocket Lab Electron launch

Rocket Lab launches four satellites for BlackSky, UnseenLabs and U.S. Air Force

Rocket Lab sent a foursome of satellites into orbit today for a threesome of customers, including the Seattle-based BlackSky Earth-watching… Read More

A rush of rockets: SpaceX Falcon 9 puts Israel’s Amos-17 telecom satellite in orbit

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launched a Boeing-built, Israeli telecommunications satellite called Amos-17 into geosynchronous transfer orbit today, adding to what’s… Read More

Tethers Unlimited joins forces with TriSept to test system for reducing orbital debris

Bothell, Wash.-based Tethers Unlimited will have its technology for deorbiting space debris put to its most ambitious test next year,… Read More

SpaceX small-satellite deployment

Good news, bad news for Spaceflight: Satellite rideshare market is heating up

Seattle-based Spaceflight has made a name for itself by putting together bunches of small satellites for launch on someone else’s… Read More

Ubiquitilink connection

UbiquitiLink wins $5.2M boost for satellite service that works with standard phones

Virginia-based UbiquitiLink says it has raised another $5.2 million in seed funding for a network that aims to provide satellite… Read More

Jeff Bezos

Amazon asks FCC for approval of Project Kuiper broadband satellite operation

Amazon is asking the Federal Communications Commission for approval of its Project Kuiper satellite broadband venture, and referring to potential… Read More

Starlink satellites

SpaceX reports milestone for Starlink satellite links — and sparks a debate

In the wake of last month’s launch of 60 Starlink broadband data satellites, SpaceX says all but three of them… Read More

Swarm of satellites

Lockheed Martin studies how to use a cloud of satellites for space missions

More and more computing is being done in the cloud, but so far, the cloud-based approach hasn’t been applied in… Read More

SpaceX launch

SpaceX launches Radarsat constellation, with booster returning for foggy landing

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket rose out of California’s coastal fog today to send three radar-sensing satellites into orbit for… Read More

Capella Space satellite

How AWS Ground Station is taking its giant leap for satellite links in small steps

LAS VEGAS – Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos says his company has gotten so big that it has to branch out… Read More

BlackSky Global satellites

BlackSky revs up satellite operations and teams up with HawkEye 360 and NRO

Seattle-based BlackSky is ramping up commercial operations of its satellite-based geospatial intelligence platform, thanks to newly announced deals with the… Read More

Marco Langbroek video of Starlink train

Sightings of SpaceX’s Starlink satellites spark awe — and astronomical angst

SpaceX’s unorthodox card-dealing launch of 60 Starlink broadband satellites has led to into an unusual viewing opportunity for skywatchers —… Read More

SpaceX Starlink Falcon 9 launch

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket deals out a deck of 60 Starlink internet satellites

After two postponements, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket executed a mission that dealt out 60 Starlink broadband data satellites into… Read More

Ground Station

AWS Ground Station satellite control system is officially open for business

Six months after a sneak preview, Amazon Web Services has just raised the curtain on AWS Ground Station, its cloud-based… Read More

LEO Knight artwork

Tethers Unlimited works on technologies for ‘LEO Knight’ satellite servicing robot

Bothell, Wash.-based Tethers Unlimited works on space technologies ranging from radios to robotic arms, but the company is planning to… Read More

Satellite servicing

Olis Robotics wins $50K from Air Force to study options for satellite-servicing robots

Seattle-based Olis Robotics says it has received a $50,000 grant from the U.S. Air Force to lay out a plan… Read More

SpaceX rocket with Starlink satellites

SpaceX’s Elon Musk says ‘goodness’ will come from twice-delayed Starlink launch

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says the launch of 60 Starlink satellites is aimed at spreading “fundamental goodness” in the form… Read More

Turksat 4B satellite

Kymeta will widen the reach of its satellite connectivity service with Türksat alliance

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Kymeta Corp., the Redmond, Wash.-based satellite antenna venture that’s backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, says it… Read More

SpaceX Falcon 9 launch

SpaceX plans to launch dozens of Starlink broadband satellites next week

SpaceX confirmed that it will launch dozens of Starlink satellites in one go, as early as May 15, setting the… Read More

Relativity Terran 1 liftoff

Spaceflight strikes a deal to put rideshare satellites on Relativity Space’s rocket

Seattle-based Spaceflight has signed a launch services agreement to put payloads on Relativity Space’s Terran 1 rocket. Relativity, a startup… Read More

Satellite constellation

Cloud Constellation chooses LeoStella to build cloud data satellites in Seattle area

Cloud Constellation Corp. has chosen LeoStella, the U.S.-European joint venture based in Tukwila, Wash., to build satellites for its cloud-based… Read More

Satellite constellation

Lockheed Martin joins the discussion about cloud computing services in space

Is the final frontier the next frontier for cloud computing? One of the presentations planned for Amazon’s re:MARS conference in… Read More

Falcon Heavy launch

SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket launches its first commercial payload — then aces a triple landing

More than a year after SpaceX sent its Falcon Heavy rocket on a majestic test launch, the second Falcon Heavy… Read More

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