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Jan 3, 2024
Space is Hard: Small Launch Chapter
It might not come as a surprise that 70% of all maiden orbital launch attempts have been a total bust.


Jan 2, 2024
Unwrapping the Space Sector Deal Outlook for 2024
The past year has been a roller-coaster ride in the financial markets and an unusual one for transaction activity.


Dec 31, 2023
Starlink’s RDOF Loss Could be a Catalyst for Change
Starklink's RDOF Loss Could Be a Catalyst for Change


Dec 14, 2023
A Quilty Space Insight: How Amazon Kuiper is Gearing up to Break the Bandwidth Bottleneck
After declaring 100% success of all priority systems and subsystems aboard Project Kuiper’s first two prototypes launched Oct. 6, Amazon


Dec 8, 2023
GEO Satellite Orders for 2023: Indicative of New Trend?
Barring any late-stage contracts, 2023 will conclude with 12 commercial GEO satellite orders, seven of which were micro GEOs (>1,000 kg).


Dec 4, 2023
Starlink is in 80 markets. Now what?
Three years since entering service, SpaceX’s Starlink internet is now available in 80 markets*, according to a Dec. 1 FCC filing.


Nov 28, 2023
Can Starship leapfrog early launcher challenges?
After this month’s launch of the second-ever Starship vehicle, SpaceX founder Elon Musk posted a picture of four more Starships described as

Nov 20, 2023
DoD wants space ties with Indonesia. It won’t be that easy
Military agencies have long been ideal customers for the satellite industry because of their willingness to pay a premium for resilient comm

Nov 20, 2023
GEO-based hosted payloads to solve health and disaster prevention?
A newfound ability to detect emissions from copper mines could revive demand for hosted payloads.


Nov 14, 2023
What Qualcomm’s decision says about the DTD Industry
In January 2023, Iridium and Qualcomm introduced the Snapdragon Satellite chipset with plans to jointly pursue mass-market direct-to-device


Nov 14, 2023
Virgin Galactic vs. the Rocket Equation
Ever since Tsiolkovsky published the rocket equation in 1904, bold inventors and theorists have endeavored to break the equation.


Nov 7, 2023
Europe’s Launch Fault Line Splits the Continent
France, Germany, and Italy – the European pillars of launch expertise – have agreed to Earth-shattering policy changes that will redefine


Nov 2, 2023
Favoring Speed Over Performance: SES Moves Forward with mPower
SES moved up its Q3 financial results by two days after Boeing disclosed a $315M satellite charge that investors immediately attributed to

Oct 27, 2023
The Dawn of Solid Rocket Motor Diversification
U.S. lawmakers have been fretting since 2018 (when Northrop Grumman bought Orbital ATK) that the national supply base for solid rocket motor


Oct 25, 2023
Aalyria: A Darkhorse Candidate for OCT Kingmaker?
Incorporating Optical Communications Terminals (OCTs) has become a baseline assumption for nearly every megaconstellation operator (i.e., St


Oct 19, 2023
Does Mongolia’s satcom surge signal freedom from China and Russia?
This year Mongolia made two moves that will bring satellite connectivity to the landlocked country and could signal the beginning of soverei


Oct 16, 2023
CLDP Teams Approach Halftime in Race to Replace the ISS
As the players in NASA’s International Space Station (ISS) transition program approach the second half of theira target="_blank" rel="noopen


Oct 13, 2023
GEO Satellite vs. Fiber. No Comparison?
Military agencies have long been ideal customers for the satellite industry because of their willingness to pay a premium for resilient comm


Oct 10, 2023
More VC Headwinds Likely
Over the past decade, venture capital (VC) has emerged as a critical source of funding for space startups, with total investment surging mor


Oct 3, 2023
Space Norway satellite delays show how rough COVID hit Northrop Grumman
It’s rare that satellite operators, especially those not publicly traded, give granular details about the reasons for their programmatic del
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