Cover Story: According to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), only 33 percent of the population in Africa was using the internet in 2021, leaving approximately 871 million people without access. Furthermore, studies show that the usage gap on the continent was at 53 percent in 2020. Avanti Communications Group is working hard to change all that by partnering with governments, charitable organizations, and providers across Africa. Kyle Whitehill, the company’s CEO, talks about the challenges, the solutions, and Avanti’s commitment to close the digital divide in the world’s second largest continent.

• How Massive IoT will continue to transform the utilities sector - Alastair MacLeod, CEO at Ground Control

• Fostering a better future for space traffic safety - Matthew Shouppe, Chief Commercial Officer, Kayhan Space  

• Can 5G and satellite work hand-in-hand? - Kieran Kunhya, CEO, Open Broadcast Systems

• Q&A Kartik Seshadri, Vice President, International Division, Hughes

Cover Story: Comtech recently entered an exciting new phase in its evolution complete with a fresh logo, a compelling message—Fluent in the Future—and a Renaissance Man at the helm. We sat down with Ken Peterman, Chair, President, and CEO to discuss key initiatives and the creation of EVOKE, an Innovation Foundry that is expected to keep Comtech on the bleeding edge.

• Proceed with caution - Andy Chambers, Director of Industrials, Edison

• Preventing downtime in an unpredictable climate - Ray Powers, Director of Sales and Marketing for Walton De-Ice

• The success of satcom’s redefinition lies in the ground segment - Frederik Simoens, CTO at ST Engineering iDirect

• Q&A Michael Nebel, ND Satcom, Head of Product Management

• Q&A Kevin Steen, CEO of OneWeb Technologies

• Q&A Andrew Bond, ETL Systems, Sales & Marketing Director

Cover story: Rocket Lab’s first Electron mission to launch from US soil, dubbed “Virginia is for Launch Lovers”, made its ascent on January 24. Beneath the light-hearted nomenclature the company uses for all its missions lies a commitment to safety and success that is dead serious. In 2022, the company had 9 flawless launches including the pathfinder to the Moon, CAPSTONE. According to Peter Beck, Rocket Lab’s Founder and CEO, 2023 is setting up to be even more exciting. Caitlin

• Q&A Kontgis, Satellogic VP of Go-to-Market

• Green propulsion: The key to space accessibility and sustainability

• Q&A Erin Defossé, COO of Slingshot Aerospace

• On-demand tracking: Ground vs Space

• Executive Movers & Shakers

Cover Story: During the last year, the satellite and space industry has been very dynamic with a lot of action, but the overall pace of investment has slowed down in comparison to 2021. Although SpaceX raised some US$2 billion in 2022, the second largest round of funding went to Chinese satellite industry start-up, Galaxy Space, which raised US$150 million. 

• Q&A Daria Boiko, Vice President of IEC Telecom Group’s Commercial Division

• Q&A Ray Powers, Director of Sales and Marketing, Walton De-Ice

• Q&A Bryan Dean, CEO and Co-founder of Dragonfly Aerospace

• Travelling to space through crypto

Cover Story: We take an inside look at the gargantuan and complex undertaking by Northrop Grumman to build and successfully launch the James Webb Space Telescope. 

• Q&A Dr. Leslie Klein, Founder, and CEO of C-COM, which pioneered mobile satellite-based internet connectivity.

• IoT interoperability - Optimizing every aspect of the Sat-IoT component - Fabien Jordan, CEO of Astrocast

• Can the satellite industry really bridge the Digital Divide? - Laurence Russell, Associate Editor, Satellite Evolution Group

• Q&A Jan Hetland, Director, Data Services Division, Telenor Satellite

• What are we missing about the metaverse? - Dario Betti, CEO of the Mobile Ecosystem Forum discusses the commonalities he has seen, and what those clues could mean for our new digital reality.

• Q&A David Henri, Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer at Exotrail

Cover story: Making space accessible to everyone - Tim Chrisman, Founder and Executive Director of

Foundation for the Future

• Space agencies galvanize projects to unlock the mysteries of Jupiter’s moons

• The critical role of environmental assessments in the licensing of UK space flight activities - Ruth Fain, Environmental Consultant, ITPEnergised

• Q&A Augustine Ponturiero, TriSept, Chief Strategy and Growth Officer

• Q&A Sethu Saveda Suvanam, Founder & CEO of ReOrbit

• Q&A Dr. Kevin Petty, Vice President of Weather and Earth Intelligence, Spire Global Inc

Cover story: What does the future hold for satellite broadcasting?

• Will analog ever die? We don’t think so - Andrew Bond, Sales, and Marketing Director for ETL Systems

• Tomorrow’s viewers tell broadcasters what they would like to see - Martin Coleman, Partner, COLEM Engineering

• The C-band spectrum opportunity: defining the future of satellite distribution - Tim Pearson, Senior Director, Product Marketing, NAGRA

• The true potential of connecting the rurally unconnected - Laurence Russell, Associate Editor, Satellite Evolution Group

• Chris Stott, Founder and CEO of ManSat and NewSpace startup, Lonestar

• Guy Ferraro, Chief Executive Officer at NPC SYSTEM

Cover Story: CAPSTONE: Proving a path to the moon

Satellite News & Analysis

Executive Movers & Shakers

Delivering broadband to rural and indigenous populations in Alaska

Q&A KT SAT Spokesperson

Q&A Vincent Dedieu, COO & Deputy CEO of Sodern

Cover Story: A deliberately different approach to hiring solutions

• Executive Movers & Shakers

• Q&A Shagun Sachdeva, Founder of Kosmic Apple

• Q&A Michelle Peters, Director of Research and Education, Zero-G Corporation

• Why invest in NewSpace and why now?

• How satellites can help to mitigate the risks of mining

Cover Story: Sustainability inthe stars - Can we stabilize our own planet with off-world resources?

• Executive Movers & Shakers

• James Webb Telescope

• How do we address the growing importance of space defense?

• Bring space down to Earth - How the UK is nurturing the green space revolution

• Q&A Chris Carella, EVP Business Development and Strategy, Benchmark Space Systems

• Q&A Foster Ferguson, Director of Aerospace, Stratasys

Cover Story: Three approaches to bridging the Digital Divide in Latin America

• Revolutionizing remote sites around the world with IoT

• Alvaro Alonso Ruiz, Co-Founder & CCO, Leanspace

• Chris Blackerby, Chief Operating Officer, Astroscale

• Mark Rocket, Chief Executive Officer & Company Director, Kea Aerospace

• Christian Patouraux, CEO, Kacific

Cover Story: Full speed ahead: How satellite operators manage to be both - an ISP and a TV broadcaster

• Executive Movers & Shakers

• Revolutionizing the way to space

• Andrew Bond, Sales and Marketing Director, ETL Systems

• Dr Stéphane Estable, PERIOD project Coordinator and System Architect, Airbus Defence & Space

• Digitizing gateways for NewSpace: The ticket to play in the virtual satellite world

• Shaping a cloud-native future for 5G, with the use of Kubernetes

• Reducing interference issues between 5G and C-band satellite communications

• Special Focus: Space Foundation