Via Satellite Senior Managing Editor
Rachel Jewett
Articles By Rachel
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SpaceCybersecurity is Uniquely Critical to the Space Domain, Space Force Official Says
The U.S. needs to be ready to defend itself in cyberspace against Russia and China’s cyber capabilities, an official with U.S. Space Force warned last week. Col. John Smail, who […]
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SpaceNRO Expects to Release Hyperspectral Satellite RFP By the End of 2022
RESTON, VA — The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is close to finishing a request for proposal (RFP) to acquire commercial hyperspectral satellite data and hopes to release the solicitation by the end […]
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CyberCyberSatGov Panelists Debate Landscape of a Potential New Cold War in Space
RESTON, Va. — The United States is in a new Cold War era. It may be a bold statement, but it is one that the vast majority of attendees at the […]
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SpaceSpaceX Launches Falcon Heavy Mission for US Space Force
SpaceX launched a Falcon Heavy rocket on Tuesday morning in a mission for the U.S. Space Force — the first Falcon Heavy mission in more than three years. The Falcon Heavy took off from […]
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SpaceSpire Wins DARPA Contract to Design ‘Ouija’ Satellite
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded Spire Global a contract to design a satellite to carry sensors to measure the ionosphere. The contract is part of DARPA’s Ouija program that aims to […]
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SpaceInmarsat Wins Renewal of Navy Satellite Service Contract
The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) has awarded Inmarsat Government a satellite broadband contract to serve the Navy worth up to $980 million over a 10-year period, the company said on Tuesday. […]
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SpaceSDA Awards Ball Aerospace Contract for NDSA Experimental Testbed NExT
The Space Development Agency (SDA) awarded Ball Aerospace [BLL] a contract to build 10 satellites and accompanying ground systems to serve as the experimental testbed (NExT) of the National Defense Space Architecture (NDSA). […]
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UncategorizedViasat Divests Link 16 Business to L3Harris for $2B
Viasat [VSAT] is selling its Link 16 Tactical Data Links (TDL) business to L3Harris Technologies [LHX] in a nearly $2 billion divestiture that the companies say sharpens Viasat’s core focus and […]
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SpaceFCC Adopts 5-Year Rule for Deorbiting Satellites
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted a new rule on Sept. 29 that requires satellite operators in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) to dispose of their satellites, calling it an important step […]
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SpaceSpire, Lockheed Martin, BAE and Others Receive NOAA Awards for New Technologies
The National Oceanographic and Oceanic Administration (NOAA) is funding nine awards totaling $13.8 million to industry and federal agencies to produce new concepts for instrument technologies, ground systems and other mission elements. […]