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Eutelsat OneWeb launches trial services in Antarctic

Eutelsat Group has launched low Earth orbit services in Antarctica for British Antarctic Survey (BAS), a centre for polar science and polar operations. Launched in January 2024, the service provides connectivity to the BAS operated Rothera Research Station in Antarctica. Communications and internet connectivity in Antarctica is currently limited to solutions offering at most 1-5 […]

April 10, 2024

Intelsat signals cover the Arctic Circle

For any satellite orbiting the Earth from above the Equator it is not easy to deliver signals to aircraft flying over the North Pole. Intelsat has managed the challenge with the help of bandwidth from Eutelsat/OneWeb. It has completed a series of test flights to the Arctic Circle demonstrating that airlines that require inflight internet […]

February 7, 2024By Chris Forrester

Elton John pulls record audiences for BBC Glastonbury

A record 21.6 million people, over a third of the UK population, watched the BBC’s Glastonbury TV coverage with over 40 hours of linear programming available to audiences. The audience was up 7 per cent on last year across linear television. Sir Elton John’s headline set on June 25th on BBC One received the biggest […]

June 26, 2023By Nik Roseveare

Arctic Space supports OneWeb’s constellation

Arctic Space Technologies, the sustainable ground segment provider, and OneWeb, the low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communications company, have announced a leap forward in the construction of the OneWeb Satellite Network Portal (SNP), a hyperscale satellite ground station installation at the Arctic Space Technologies’ Space Center in Piteå. The companies signed a bilateral agreement in […]

May 23, 2023