Via Satellite Senior Managing Editor
Rachel Jewett
Articles By Rachel
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SpaceBiden Nominates Former Sen. Bill Nelson For NASA Administrator
President Joe Biden announced former Florida Senator Bill Nelson as his pick for NASA administrator on Friday. Nelson, 78 years old, represented Florida in the Senate for 18 years. Some […]
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SpaceRelativity Space Lands DoD Launch Contract for 2023 Mission
Relativity Space has been awarded its first launch contract with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), the company said Monday. The contract is a Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) […]
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SpaceSpaceX Receives $150M Contract to Launch SDA Tranche 0 Satellites
SpaceX has been awarded a $150.5 million firm-fixed-price contract from the Space Development Agency to launch its Tranche 0 transport and tracking layer satellites. The award, announced by the U.S. Department of Defense […]
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SpaceWhite House Issues Space Policy Directive on Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion
The White House released Space Policy Directive-6 (SPD-6) on Wednesday regarding a U.S. national strategy for space nuclear power and propulsion (SNPP), technology that the White House said will be […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyKymeta Launches u8 Satcom Land Mobility Antenna Built for Defense, First Responder Customers
Kymeta’s next-generation u8 antenna is now commercially available, the company said Monday. Kymeta is pitching the land mobility Ku-band antenna as a communication solution for government, defense, and first responder […]
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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 […]