Via Satellite Senior Managing Editor
Rachel Jewett
Articles By Rachel
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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. […]
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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 […]