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Kimberly Siversen Burke 11/18/24 Kimberly Siversen Burke 11/18/24

Breaking Down the DoD’s $13-Billion pLEO Play

The summer slump got a jump in July 2023 when the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), on behalf of Space Systems Command’s (SSC) Commercial Satellite Communications Office (CSCO), rolled out a $900M IDIQ for proliferated low Earth orbit (pLEO) satellite services.

Kimberly Siversen Burke 3/26/24 Kimberly Siversen Burke 3/26/24

Hiber Emerges from HibernatIoTn

Netherlands-based IoT innovator, previously known as Magnitude Space, rebranded to "Hiber" in 2017, drawing inspiration from the idea of its modems entering a dormant state akin to “hibernating bears” between signal transmissions.

Kimberly Siversen Burke 12/31/23 Kimberly Siversen Burke 12/31/23

Starlink’s RDOF Loss Could be a Catalyst for Change

On Dec. 12, news of the FCC’s final decision to reject Starlink’s appeal to qualify for $886M in federal subsidies to connect rural and unserved communities caused an uproar within the space sector and sparked heated political debate.

Kimberly Siversen Burke 12/14/23 Kimberly Siversen Burke 12/14/23

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 just dropped the mic.

Kimberly Siversen Burke 10/16/23 Kimberly Siversen Burke 10/16/23

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 their Commercial LEO Destinations Program (CLDP) plans, one of the first-round draft picks just got traded to another team.

Kimberly Siversen Burke 9/14/23 Kimberly Siversen Burke 9/14/23

A Billion Reasons Left to Root for this NASA Initiative

As threats of FY 2024 budget cuts lurk in the shadows of haunting GAO reports, recent awards may hint at which NASA programs and players will be spared.

Kimberly Siversen Burke 9/8/23 Kimberly Siversen Burke 9/8/23

Starship Gets Ready to Rumble

Kimberly Siversen Burke 9/8/23 Kimberly Siversen Burke 9/8/23

The Last Mile for Momentus

Kimberly Siversen Burke 8/21/23 Kimberly Siversen Burke 8/21/23

Is that an Alarm or Just the Sound of a Familiar Tune? A closer look at SDA’s latest $1.5B Tranche 2 awards

Kimberly Siversen Burke 6/16/23 Kimberly Siversen Burke 6/16/23

Palantir’s win: a boon for EO?

Kimberly Siversen Burke 6/12/23 Kimberly Siversen Burke 6/12/23

SES CEO Steve Collar announces sudden resignation

Kimberly Siversen Burke 6/9/23 Kimberly Siversen Burke 6/9/23

Rivada CEO drops some financing crumbs ahead of RRB decision

Kimberly Siversen Burke 6/7/23 Kimberly Siversen Burke 6/7/23

Earth observation company bags its first influencer

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