Via Satellite Senior Managing Editor
Rachel Jewett
Articles By Rachel
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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. […]
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SpaceBAE Systems Announces Multi-Sensor Azalea Satellite Cluster for UK Military Intelligence
BAE Systems announced plans to launch its own multi-sensor satellite cluster called Azalea for U.K. military intelligence. Azalea is planned as a cluster of three multi-sensor satellites from BAE Systems and […]
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SpaceU.K. Ministry of Defense Publishes Space Power Doctrine
The U.K. Ministry of Defense published its first doctrine on national space power this month. The new UK Space Power doctrine brings together government policy and strategy “to provide a basis for […]
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SpaceBoeing, NASA Push First Crewed Starliner Flight to the ISS to 2023
NASA and Boeing have pushed back the first Starliner flight test with astronauts to February 2023, the agency said Thursday. The flight was previously expected in December of this year. […]
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SpaceHawkEye 360 Signs R&D Agreement with Army to Evaluate RF Data
HawkEye 360 has signed a two-year Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) to demonstrate its technology to the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC). The CRADA will explore […]