Via Satellite Senior Managing Editor
Rachel Jewett
Articles By Rachel
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SpaceBiden Taps Former NASA Chief Scientist to Lead NASA Review Team
Ellen Stofan of the Smithsonian Institution will lead the NASA review team for President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, the transition team said Tuesday. Stofan is the John and Adrienne Mars […]
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Business/FinancialViasat’s Mark Dankberg to Transition Away from CEO Role
Viasat [VSAT] Chairman and CEO Mark Dankberg, who co-founded the company in 1986 is transitioning into the newly created position as executive chairman of the company. President and COO Rick […]
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SpaceSpaceX Launches Fourth GPS III Satellite for US Space Force
SpaceX launched the fourth Global Positioning System (GPS) III satellite on Thursday, Nov. 5. A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Space Launch Complex (SLC)-40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force […]
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Navy/USMCL3Harris Wins $88 Million U.S. Marine Corps VSAT Contract
The U.S. Marine Corps has awarded L3Harris Technologies [LHX] an $88 million program award for Very Small Aperture Terminals (VSAT). Under the firm-fixed-price, Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract, L3Harris will supply up to 169 Panther […]
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SpaceKratos Unveils New Platform that Turns Satellites, Antennas into Software-Defined Systems
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions [KTOS] has rolled out a new software platform, “OpenSpace,” composed of virtual products that enable satellite operators and Ground-as-a-Service (GSaaS) providers to design their own […]
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SpaceMicrosoft’s New Azure Cloud Platform for the Space Industry Includes SpaceX Starlink and SES MEO Services
Microsoft [MSFT]is making a play to be the cloud platform of choice for the space industry as on Tuesday it unveiled Azure Space, which will bring together Azure technology and […]
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SpacePentagon Will Reassign 1K+ Enlisted Personnel to US Space Force Cybersecurity Team, Air Force General Says
As cyber warfare becomes the weapon of choice for adversaries, and the global economy becomes ever more dependent on space systems, space is a critical domain for cybersecurity, according to […]
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SpaceUS Space Force Contracts SpaceX to Fly Upcoming GPS III Satellites on Reused Boosters
The U.S. Space Force has reached a contract with SpaceX to reuse a Falcon 9 boosters for upcoming Global Positioning System (GPS)-III launches, a first of its kind for National Security Space Launch (NSSL) […]
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ArmyIsotropic Systems, SES Win DoD Contract to Test Multi-Beam O3b Terminal
SES Government Solutions and Isotropic Systems have received an antenna evaluation contract with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory to test Isotropic Systems’ multi-beam terminal over SES’s O3b Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) constellation. […]
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ArmyRaytheon Wins $13 Million Contract to Connect Military Aircraft to LEO Internet
Raytheon [RTX] was awarded a $13.1 million contract for an Air Force Research Laboratory program aimed at connecting military jets to emerging commercial satellite internet constellations in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO), […]