News Analysis

Chandler, Ariz, March 18, 2024–Comtech (NASDAQ: CMTL) (“the Company”) today announced its second quarter fiscal 2024 financial results.  Highlights of the results include:

MarketBrief Report on Trends in the Ground Systems Market sponsored by Orbital Connect

Trends in the Ground Segment Market by Elisabeth Tweedie

Interview with Krasimir Terziev and Bobby Kirchev, Orbital Connect

Case Study: bTV Media Group's Upgrade of its Satellite Ground System

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New York City, March 14, 2024--J.F. Lehman & Company (JFLCO), a  middle-market private equity firm focused exclusively on the aerospace, defense, maritime, government and environmental sectors, is announced that an investment affiliate has acquired Mission Microwave Technologies, LLC.

The March 2024 issue of the Satellite Executive Briefing is now available.  Featuring:

New Space Ventures by Elisabeth Tweedie

Report on the PTC'24 Conference by Bruce Elbert

It Ain't Standard Oil, It's the New Standards by Lou Zacharilla

Beyond Borders: Satellite IoT's Crucial Role in Driving Environmental Sustainability by Alastair MacLeod

What to Expect from the Satellite Industry in 2024 by Bogdan Gogulan

Better Satellite World: Bringing Oil Smuggling Out of the Shadows

Plus Product and Services MarketPlace Guide to SATELLITE 2024, Mergers and Acquisitions, Market Trends, Executive Moves, Vital Stats and many more. Click here to read or download the file

 by Alastair MacLeod, CEO, Ground Control

Gloucestershire, UK, March 4, 2024--In the face of unprecedented global environmental challenges, the Internet of Things (IoT) has the potential to be the catalyst in driving sustainable development. Satellite IoT, a means of communicating with very remote assets and sensors, holds tremendous potential in monitoring, managing, and mitigating environmental issues. 

by Elisabeth Tweedie

Los Angeles, Calif., March 4, 2024--When I started doing research for this article on “new space,” I was spoilt for choice.  There are so many relatively new companies, with innovative products and services.  Where to begin, and how to choose which to highlight? 

March 4, 2024 - Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: IRDM),  today announced that it had entered into an agreement to acquire Satelles, a provider of  highly secure satellite-based time and location services that complement and protect GPS and other GNSS-reliant systems.This acquisition continues Iridium’s philosophy of investing in differentiating technologies uniquely suited to its network that significantly outperform competing solutions according to the company.

New York City, March 1, 2024--In 2017, North Korea shocked the world by launching tests of two ballistic missiles able to cross the Pacific and strike the US.  One just missed hitting a commercial passenger flight headed for Tokyo.

by Lou Zacharilla

New York City, March 1, 2024--In 1910 the Supreme Court of the United States found Standard Oil Company of New Jersey guilty of monopolizing the petroleum industry through a series of abusive and anticompetitive actions. The Court's remedy was to divide Standard Oil into several geographically separate and eventually even competing firms. Reacting to the size and scale of this unfavorable ruling to the company he had founded, the head of the greatest business monopoly in history, John D. Rockefeller, allegedly said, “I expected it, but did not think it would be so BIG!”

by Bogdan Gogulan,  Managing Director of NewSpace Capital

Luxembourg City, March 1, 2024--Readers of this magazine will know that behind (or rather, above) many areas of modern life is satellite technology. 5G phone networks. Location tracking. Precision farming. Disaster prevention and response. Without satellites, next to none of this could exist or exist at the level of sophistication we enjoy now. The technology is so deeply integrated into modern life that if all the world’s satellites were to vanish tomorrow, we would be in serious trouble. And it’s why, despite the volatility of the past few years, the industry has continued to expand. In 2024, we can expect another big year.