Looking at Virgin Orbit a Year Ago It’s hard to believe a little over a year has passed since Chris Quilty and I wrote up the analysis “Virgin Orbit – Approaching Pole Position?

A few days ago, the Space Development Agency (SDA) awarded a contract (one of two) to SpaceX. The company is now on the hook for getting four Tracking Layer satellites (using SpaceX’s

The following covers a topic that was long near and dear to my heart: low Earth-orbiting satellites with infrared sensors scanning the Earth. I’ve worked with infrared satellites for a good long

While I provided an analysis of the latest OneWeb activities last week, the company appeared in another story last Friday. The federal bankruptcy court approved plans and permitted Bharti Global and the United

Swarm Technologies has learned a few lessons on the way to the launch of its first commercial satellites earlier in September 2020. In 2018, Swarm faced the Federal Communications Commission’s wrath for