Via Satellite Senior Managing Editor
Rachel Jewett
Articles By Rachel
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyCommerce Department Issues Regulation Changes to Support Remote Sensing
The Department of Commerce released new regulations on Tuesday that are intended to improve the licensing process for private U.S. satellite remote sensing operations to increase openness and transparency. The Department […]
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SpaceULA Launches X-37B Spaceplane for Space Force
United Launch Alliance (ULA) launched the Atlas V 501 from Space Launch Complex-41 (SLC-41) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Sunday, at 9:14 a.m. EDT, carrying the USSF-7 […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyCapella Space Signs SAR Data Contract with U.S. Navy
Capella Space has signed a contract with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to provide Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data to the U.S. Navy, through the Defense Innovation Unit’s Commercial Solutions Opening. Capella said […]
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Business/FinancialFCC Approves Ligado’s L-Band Network Plan
TheFCC unanimously approved Ligado’s application to deploy a low-power terrestrial nationwide network in the L-band to support 5G and Internet of Things services (IoT). The Commission’s announcement came on Monday, […]
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SpaceSpace Force Awards VOX Space $35 Million Launch Services Contract
The U.S. Space Force (USSF) has awarded Virgin Orbit subsidiary VOX Space a $35 million contract to launch three dedicated missions using its LauncherOne rocket to deliver 44 small satellites to Low-Earth Orbit (LEO). The […]
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SpaceULA, SpaceX, Blue Origin React to COVID-19 Cases Among Employees
United Launch Alliance (ULA) put out a statement on April 6 that an employee in a Denver facility tested positive for COVID-19 that same day. ULA President and CEO Tory Bruno […]
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SpaceRaytheon, L3Harris Each Receive $500 Million Ceiling IDIQ Air Force Contracts for Modems
The Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) has awarded Raytheon [RTN] and L3Harris [LHX] each contracts to develop protected tactical waveform capable modems, the Department of Defense said March 27. […]
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Navy/USMCLockheed Martin Receives Sustainment Contract for Navy MUOS
The Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $112.7 million cost-plus-award-fee, firm-fixed-price, Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract for Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) space segment sustainment, the service said on March 25. MUOS is […]
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SpaceSEAKR to Work With Lockheed Martin on Space Force PTS
SEAKR Engineering has been selected to join Lockheed Martin’s team to help design and build a prototype payload for the U.S. Space Force’s Protected Tactical Satellite Communications, or PTS, program. […]
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Air ForcePhase Four Receives AFWERX Contract for In-Space Propulsion Systems
Phase Four has received a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract from Air Force tech accelerator AFWERX, to adapt its Maxwell in-space propulsion system for defense users. The […]