BlackSky Technology Inc. (NYSE: BKSY) won a multi-million dollar contract in support of the U.S. Department of Defense to collect and annotate thousands of BlackSky multi-frame burst images to train moving target artificial intelligence models for commercial motion imagery.

Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: IRDM), a leading provider of global voice and data satellite communications, today announced that it had entered into an agreement to acquire Satelles, Inc., the leader in highly secure satellite-based time and location services that complement and protect GPS and other GNSS-reliant systems.

Avanti Communications (“Avanti”) has been granted the authorisation required for its HYLAS 4 satellite gateway station in Diamniadio, Senegal.

Olsen Actuators and Drives, a leading manufacturer and provider of COTS, customised and bespoke space-certified motion control products will introduce its SuperNova servo drive at Space-Comm Expo 2024, to be held in Farnborough from 6-7 March.

AAC Clyde Space has won a GBP 4.3 M (approx. SEK 56.2 M) order for 11 satellite kits from Portuguese company LusoSpace to be delivered in the fourth quarter of 2024.

Ofcom, the U.K.'s independent communications regulator, has granted Rivada a license that enables the company to provide satellite communications services in Great Britain.

CelcomDigi Berhad (CelcomDigi) and SES, a leading content connectivity satellite solutions provider, today inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on a strategic partnership to explore providing satellite connectivity using SES’s Medium-Earth-Orbit (MEO) and Geosynchronous Equatorial Orbit (GEO) satellites for businesses and communities in Malaysia.

Eutelsat Group (ISIN: FR0010221234 - Euronext Paris / London Stock Exchange: ETL), and Q-KON, a leading satellite engineering enterprise for southern Africa, announce that multiple digital banks in South Africa have now gone live on Eutelsat OneWeb’s LEO service.

Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) has been selected as the Test Partner for the Deutsche Telekom Satellite NB-IoT Early Adopter Program, providing an end-to-end narrowband internet of things (NB-IoT) non-terrestrial network (NTN) testbed to enable designers and developers to validate reference designs for solutions using 3GPP Release 17 (Rel-17) NTN standards.

Firefly Aerospace, Inc., an end-to-end space transportation company, held an official ribbon cutting in celebration of the company’s Rocket Ranch expansion in Briggs, Texas.

Ovzon has received a new order for Ovzon’s SATCOM-as-a-Service from Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) for delivery during 2024. The total order value amounts to 6 MSEK.

Viasat, Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT), a global leader in satellite communications, has been awarded a contract from Northrop Grumman to support the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) initiative, called the Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet (DEUCSI) Call 003 program – better known by its nickname ‘Global Lightning.’

COMPAL, a global leader in smart device manufacturing, proudly announces the launch of its groundbreaking Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) satellite solutions.

The European Space Agency (ESA) has greenlit the development of the NanoMagSat constellation, marking a significant advancement in the use of small satellites for scientific missions.

Sateliot, the first company to operate a Low-Earth orbit (LEO) 5G IoT satellite constellation acting as a seamless roaming extension of cellular networks, and Turkcell, the leading telecommunications company based in Türkiye, have reached an agreement to test and demonstrate connectivity to the IoT market on out-of-coverage areas in Turkey.

Speedcast, a leading communications and IT services provider, has announced a multi-year contract award by P&O Maritime Logistics to manage communications onboard 59 support vessels operating around 3 continents and 12 countries across the globe.