Space

Muon Space signed an agreement with SpaceX’s Starlink to integrate Starlink’s “mini laser” terminals into Muon’s Halo™ satellite platform, establishing the first persistent optical broadband network for commercial satellites. The...

Semtech has expanded its partnership with Skylo Technologies to introduce what they describe as the industry’s first single-vendor IoT platform integrating both terrestrial and satellite connectivity. The collaboration combines Semtech’s...

AST SpaceMobile signed a definitive commercial agreement with Verizon to deliver space-based cellular broadband service across the continental United States beginning in 2026. The deal expands the companies’ strategic partnership...

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr is pushing to overhaul the nation’s sluggish satellite licensing system, pledging to replace years of bureaucratic delay with a streamlined, “licensing assembly line” built for the...

Bell and AST SpaceMobile have successfully completed Canada’s first space-based direct-to-cell test using unmodified smartphones. The demonstration, conducted in New Brunswick, validated 4G VoLTE calls, video calls, broadband data streaming...

Iridium and Deutsche Telekom have entered into a partnership to integrate Iridium’s NTN Direct service with Deutsche Telekom’s global IoT network. The collaboration will extend NB-IoT direct-to-device (D2D) connectivity over...

SES has teamed up with U.S.-based K2 Space to accelerate the development of its next-generation medium Earth orbit (MEO) satellite network. The initiative builds on SES’s operational experience with multi-orbit...

Globalstar has activated its HIBLEO-XL-1 satellite system filing, signaling an expansion of mobile-satellite service (MSS) capacity across new orbital shells and frequency bands, beyond its existing L/S/C-band holdings. This move...

PsiQuantum has raised $1 billion in Series E funding to accelerate development of the world’s first million-qubit, fault-tolerant quantum computer. The Palo Alto–based company said the new capital will fund...

S-band spectrum delivers better propagation, enabling direct links to unmodified LTE/5G smartphones SpaceX struck a $17 billion agreement with EchoStar to acquire its U.S. AWS-4 and H-block spectrum licenses, along...

Amazon’s Project Kuiper landed its first airline customer, with JetBlue announcing plans to integrate the low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite network into its Fly-Fi service beginning in 2027. The agreement...

Amazon updated the launch schedule for its Project Kuiper low Earth orbit (LEO) broadband constellation, with the next mission set for September 25, 2025. The KA-03 mission, using a United...

SpaceX moved closer to a radical expansion of Starlink’s global network on August 26, when Starship’s tenth test flight successfully demonstrated a “PEZ” satellite deployment system. The upper stage released...