Industry News

2026 continues to be a seismic year for news in the satellite sector. On June 29, in one of the biggest, and maybe even surprising stories of the year, Rocket Lab announced a deal to acquire Iridium and take huge leap forward in terms of building a next-generation space company.

The era of Elveo Mobile has arrived. This is the new combined company of Lynk and Omnispace after the two companies announced the completion of their merger. Elveo Mobile aims to deliver mobile connectivity and elevated intelligence for a planet on the move. Elveo aims to bring reliable, next-generation connectivity directly from satellites to mobile phones, devices and machines everywhere on […]

After operating for almost two years as a trio, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) may finally sit a fourth member. On Friday, U.S. President Donald Trump nominated FCC Chairman Brendan Carr’s senior counsel, Danielle Thumann, to serve a five-year term as an agency commissioner.  Thumann, who works directly with Carr on matters from the agency’s Consumer and Governmental […]

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH — On-orbit checkouts of the Tranche 1 Space Development Agency (SDA) satellites launched in July are progressing much faster than previous plane launches, SDA Director Dr. Gurpartap ‘GP’ Sandhoo said Monday.

SES awarded a contract to OHB to manufacture 18 Medium-Earth Orbit (MEO) satellites for Europe’s IRIS² constellation in a deal announced Monday. OHB said the contract is worth nearly 1 billion euro ($1.16 billion). 

The White House set a target for the U.S to support more than 1,000 launches and reentries annually by 2030 in a new National Security Presidential Memorandum released Thursday. 

PARIS — How important will direct-to-device services be to mobile network operator offerings? The jury is out as European MNO execs disagreed on the value proposition and what they’re willing to pay for such a service during a discussion at World Space Business Week on Wednesday. 

PARIS — Space launch competitors think it’s time for a new model of pricing in the launch market. Against the backdrop of SpaceX winding down the Falcon 9 launch program, other launchers say the market is on the verge of a reset.

PARIS — Europe needs to embrace risk if it is to benefit more from next generation of space capabilities and keep its space assets secure. This was one of the key takeaways from a discussion on international alliances and cooperation in space security at the Space Defence & Security Summit on Tuesday.