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TAMPA, Fla. — Telesat has gained access to more land across Canada to set up landing stations ahead of plans to deploy pathfinders for its Lightspeed broadband constellation in December.

HELSINKI — Shanghai-based laser communications startup BlueStar Optical Domain has raised funding in the region of $70 million, highlighting growing demand from China’s emerging satellite internet constellations. Blue Star Optical

WASHINGTON — Anduril Industries said it plans to acquire ExoAnalytic Solutions, a company that operates one of the world’s largest commercial networks of telescopes used to track satellites and space

WASHINGTON — Viasat won a $14 million contract to provide in-flight satellite communications for the U.S. Navy’s fleet of C-37 executive transport aircraft used by senior leadership. The two-year agreement,

WASHINGTON — The head of NOAA’s satellite division, on administrative leave for more than half a year, warned that workforce reductions and cuts to science programs have “lobotomized” the federal

When a satellite travels through orbit at up to 17,500 mph, a fraction of a second can determine whether a course correction is successful, as even minor trajectory deviations can

WASHINGTON — Space mobility company Impulse Space has opened a Colorado facility to support development of its spacecraft. The company, based in Southern California, said March 10 it opened a

NASA’s Commercial Crew Program was supposed to be the template: services-based procurement, private ownership of hardware and competition between providers. Yet NASA has now formally designated Boeing’s 2024 Starliner crewed