The two SES satellites needed to complete the company’s C-band replacements will launch on Friday, March 17th, subject to the usual last minute weather considerations, on a SpaceX rocket. The announcement was made at the Washington Satellite 2023 show. Built by Northrop Grumman, SES-18 and SES-19 are set to launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida. These […]
Elon Musk’s SpaceX currently has “well over” 1 million Starlink broadband-by-satellite users, SpaceX VP/enterprise sales Jonathan Hofeller revealed at the Satellite 2023 conference in Washington, DC. He also told delegates that SpaceX plans to begin testing its Starlink satellite-to-cell service with T-Mobile during 2023. “We’re going to learn a lot by doing — not necessarily […]
OneWeb has signed a Letter of Intent with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to explore providing cloud-based connectivity. “OneWeb and AWS will work together to expand both horizontal and vertical services to provide customisable and integrated solutions for edge-to-edge operations. Teaming-up global satellite broadband connectivity with AWS cloud services and edge computing capabilities, OneWeb can create […]
There’s growing interest in High Altitude Platform Systems (HAPS) which can take the form of very high-flying aircraft or balloons and airships. Thales Alenia Space has won a contract from the European Commission to proceed with development of its EuroHAPS project. The contract is worth €43 million and will fund a demonstration craft which Thales […]
Flat panel satellite terminal specialist Kymeta and OneWeb used the Washington Satellite 2023 show to unveil the Kymeta flat-panel ‘Hawk u8’ terminals which are being supplied to OneWeb. Kymeta says that delivery of the first consignment of units to OneWeb has been made and are in use commercially. “This is a major milestone that gives […]
Aalyria may be a new name for many but it was spun-off from Google in September 2022. The new company has won a significant contract with Rivada Space Networks (RSN) and its planned 600-strong mega-constellation of satellites. RSN has ordered the first 300 satellites from Terran Orbital and booked 12 rocket launches from SpaceX. Aalyria […]
SpaceX’s Starlink broadband-by-satellite service has slashed its deposit fees on dozens of countries. New subscribers in many countries can sign up for as little as $9 (€8.40) instead of the – to date – $99 (and as high as $599 in the past) for the Starlink kit. Countries such as Turkey can access Starlink for […]
SpaceX delivered one of its textbook launches for OneWeb on March 9th. OneWeb later confirmed that all was well with the batch of 40 craft. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 mission took off from Space Launch Complex 40 in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on March 9, at 2:13 pm Florida-time (19.13 UTC). The satellites were deployed to low-Earth […]
A Seattle-based space technology business, started by two former Blue Origin (the Jeff Bezos-owned rocket company) staffers have raised $14 million in initial funding to develop spacecraft capable of rescuing orbiting satellites. Starship Space is the business and Austin Link, who co-founded the company in 2019 with fellow Blue Origin staffer Trevor Bennett. The company […]
Eutelsat has signed a multi-orbit agreement with Intelsat to enhance connectivity solutions over Europe, the Middle East, and the Pacific, including OneWeb services. Under this new seven-year, multi-million-euro capacity agreement with a progressive roll-out of assets over 2023, leveraging Eutelsat’s High-throughput satellites (HTS) in the Ku-band including the recently launched EUTELSAT 10B satellite and OneWeb’s […]