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SatNews Focus: The “Hotbird” Defense — Why Eutelsat’s Deal with beIN Matters in a LEO World

PARIS — While the industry’s gaze is fixed on the mega-constellation race in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), Eutelsat Group has delivered a potent reminder that Geostationary (GEO) real estate remai [...]

Musk’s next step could be expensive

By Chris Forrester — The past few days have seen the business pages full of reports that Elon Musk’s SpaceX could have a value of some $800 billion. The reports […]  [...]

Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) to Rebrand as “SSC Space” to Unify Global Operations

Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) will change its company name to SSC Space at the beginning of 2026. The rebranding from Swedish Space Corporation to “SSC Space” is not merely cosmetic.  [...]


US Space Force Combat Forces Command Declares Operational Acceptance of Long Range Discrimination Radar

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The U.S. Space Force’s Combat Forces Command (CFC) formally took operational acceptance of the solid-state Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) system on December 4, [...]

BAE Systems Tapped by U.S. Navy for $36 Million Submarine Sensor Mast Contract

NASHUA, N.H. — BAE Systems has secured a $36 million contract from the U.S. Navy to produce and deliver Multifunction Modular Masts (MMM) for the fleet’s Virginia-class attack submarines. The [ [...]

RTX’s Raytheon’s strategic collaboration with AWS

AURORA, Colo. — Raytheon, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, has formalized a strategic collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) aimed at aggressively modernizing satellite data processing and miss [...]

SLI Commit $200M+ to AscendArc for Leased GEO Satellite Fleet

SatNews, December 8, 2025 — The barrier to entry for the Geostationary Orbit (GEO) club has just been lowered by nine figures. Space Leasing International (SLI), the aerospace subsidiary of [&hel [...]

EBAD’s PRM9104 Supports Deployment of Impulse Space’s Mira Spacecraft

Simsbury, Conn. — Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company (EBAD) has confirmed the successful flight and actuation of its Payload Release Module (PRM9104), marking a critical milestone in [...]

A Night Amongst the Stars of the Cosmos

London, U.K. — The global space sector’s leading investors, technologists, and executives gathered at The Natural History Museum on Friday night for the debut of the Global Space Awards (GSA).  [...]