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Echo Star's Dish DBS Initiates Prepackaged Chapter 11 Restructuring to Resolve Impending Senior Note Maturities
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (394+ words) satnews. com HOUSTON, TX " On Tuesday, June 30, 2026, Echo Star Corporation announced that its primary pay-TV satellite broadcasting subsidiary, DISH DBS Corporation, along with certain wireless subsidiaries, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The financial maneuver was triggered by localized liquidity…...
The Sat News Offices Will Be Closed Friday, July 3.
20+ hour, 50+ min ago (45+ words) satnews. com We will be closed in celebration of the country's independence. Satnews is a leading provider of satellite news, events, publications, research and other satellite industry information in both commercial and military enterprises worldwide....
AST Space Mobile Finalizes Assembly of Next-Generation Blue Birds for August Space X Launch
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (430+ words) satnews. com MIDLAND, TEXAS " Direct-to-device (D2 D) satellite operator AST Space Mobile, Inc. has officially entered final flight preparations and logistics processing for its next major orbital campaign. According to an updated programmatic roadmap released by corporate leadership, the company's next three…...
SEOPS Completes Multi-National Integration of 10 Payloads for Space X Transporter-17 Mission
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (173+ words) HOUSTON, TX " On Wednesday, July 1, 2026, launch integration and mission services provider SEOPS announced it has completed the final physical processing and hardware integration of 10 customer spacecraft slated to fly aboard Space X's upcoming Transporter-17 dedicated small satellite rideshare mission. The…...
NASA Adds Kuva US to $476 Million Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition On-Ramp Contract " Sat News
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (407+ words) NASA Adds Kuva US to $476 Million Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition On-Ramp Contract satnews. com FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA " On Wednesday, July 1, 2026, Kuva US, Inc. , the domestic subsidiary of Finnish hyperspectral Earth observation company Kuva Space, announced its selection under NASA's Commercial Satellite…...
Myriota Unveils Hybrid 5 G Satellite and Cellular Io T Network Subscriptions
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (170+ words) ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA " On Wednesday, July 1, 2026, satellite Internet of Things (Io T) provider Myriota announced the formal integration of terrestrial cellular connectivity into its Hyper Pulse 5 G non-terrestrial network (NTN) ecosystem. Alongside the network service expansion, the company released Asset Hawk, a…...
Europe's sovereign-intelligence boom is just beginning, and it needs more companies like ICEYE
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (200+ words) By Nick David, Editorial Lead, Sat News That framing is right about the achievement and wrong about the timing. This isn't a summit; it's base camp. ICEYE " By the Numbers Valuation in the June 2026 funding round Capital raised in the…...
Ovzon Secures 74 MSEK MILSATCOM Service Renewal from European NATO Defense Agency
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (437+ words) satnews. com STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN " On Tuesday, June 30, 2026, mobile satellite communications provider Ovzon AB announced it has received a service renewal contract from the defense organization of a European NATO member nation. The agreement, valued at approximately 74 million Swedish Krona (MSEK),…...
The Space and Fiber Architecture Powering Wimbledon's Global Broadcast Matrix " Sat News
2+ day, 51+ min ago (457+ words) The Space and Fiber Architecture Powering Wimbledon's Global Broadcast Matrix satnews. com LONDON, UK " As play got underway on June 22, 2026, for the Wimbledon Championships, the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) activated one of the most complex, high-throughput media transport…...
Weather Postpones Launch of NASA's Swift Telescope Robotic Rescue Mission
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (362+ words) satnews. com KWAJALEIN ATOLL " The high-stakes orbital servicing flight intended to rescue NASA's decaying Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory was postponed on Tuesday, June 30, 2026, due to unfavorable weather conditions over the Pacific launch range. The air-launched mission, originally scheduled to deploy…...