Satellites

By Garrett Reim
Swissto12 sees an old-school, broadcast-only application for geostationary (GEO) communications satellites returning.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
A U.S. satellite appears to have maneuvered near two Chinese spacecraft a few days ago, space situational awareness company Comspoc says.
Operations & Safety

By Irene Klotz
Amazon plans to use the satellites to roll out high-speed internet service later this year.
Satellites

By Irene Klotz
The FAA has cleared SpaceX to increase the number of Falcon 9 flights from Vandenberg SFB, California, from 36 to up to 50 operations per year.
Commercial Space

By Tony Osborne
Aalto, Airbus’ high-altitude pseudo-satellite spinoff, claims to have broken the aviation record for the longest endurance flight.
Satellites

By Irene Klotz
Amazon's initial clutch of Kuiper satellites reached orbit April 28.
Commercial Space

By Robert Wall
Airbus is at the stage of identifying possible synergies in its talks of a partnership with Thales and Leonardo in the satellite sector.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
Spire Global has secured a deal to build 16 satellites for Myriota.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
Satellite operator SES Global is expecting a 30% boost in capacity of its O3b mPower medium Earth orbit network as two more spacecraft come online in May.
Satellites

By Garrett Reim
Lockheed Martin was awarded a contract from the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to prototype a quantum-enabled inertial navigation system.
Satellites

By Irene Klotz
A mission to showcase a new Lockheed Martin multipurpose, midsize satellite bus was lost following a troubled launch of Firefly Aerospace’s sixth Alpha rocket.
Satellites

By Irene Klotz
A ULA Atlas V rocket has lifted off from Cape Canaveral to deliver the first 27 satellites for Amazon’s Kuiper broadband communications network into LEO.
Operations & Safety

By Robert Wall
Spire Global says it has paid off all its debt after completing the delayed sale of its maritime business as it tries to recover from financial tumult.
Satellites

Aviation Week Staff
Russia is embarking on a new path to replenish its Glonass satellite navigation system.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
The 76-year-old alliance wants to bolster its space capabilities with hundreds of millions of dollars in new funding.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Garrett Reim
Space Compass Corp. has won a contract from Japan’s ministry of defense to demonstrate laser communications from a geostationary satellite.
Satellites

By Thierry Dubois
Startup company Ion-X is betting on the use of ionic micropropulsion for small satellites and planning to deliver its first commercial motor in 2026.
Satellites

By Thierry Dubois
Arianespace is planning to launch Biomass from Kourou, French Guiana, on April 29.
Satellites

By Garrett Reim
By moving from widgets to digits, the space industry is finding new homes in cities.
Commercial Space

By Robert Wall
U.S. remote sensing company Umbra is teaming with Germany’s Reflex Aerospace to pursue the European synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite market.
Satellites

By Robert Wall
Iridium will expand work with a European partner to help navigate new tariffs that could dent operating earnings by between $3 million and $7 million this year.
Satellites

By Chen Chuanren
South Korea launched the fourth of its five military satellites into space on April 22.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Force and the National Reconnaissance Office successfully launched the intelligence agency’s NROL-145 mission on April 20.
Satellites

By Garrett Reim
Earth observation pioneer Planet Labs sees large language models speeding up analysis of images to improve understanding.
Satellites

By Steve Trimble
The Space Rapid Capabilities Office is surveying companies for information about geostationary satellite buses.
Satellites