NOVELSAT, a global player in content connectivity, has announced a multi-million dollar award to provide the ground network for a major earth observation constellation. The project includes the provisioning of NOVELSAT Xstream multi-purpose gateways in multiple ground stations around the world, providing hundreds of image data downlinks for dozens of LEO satellites.NOVELSAT Xstream multi-purpose gateway […]
Ottawa-based Telesat is building a constellation of low Earth orbiting (LEO) satellites and has selected Intellian Technologies to design and supply fixed site user terminals for the Telesat Lightspeed satellite network. Telesat says these high-performance user terminals feature dual-parabolic antennas that are dome-shaped providing protection from external weather conditions stemming from Intellian’s expertise in maritime […]
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has launched Starlink satellite broadband service in war-hit Ukraine. The latest development highlights the significance and future potential of low earth orbit satellites (LEOs) across key applications, says GlobalData, a data and analytics company. Reportedly, Starlink terminals receive Internet from SpaceX’s 2,000 satellites to allow users to get online even if their […]
Ottawa-based satellite operator Telesat, which is planning a low Earth orbiting constellation called Lightspeed, and says it has signed with Liquid Intelligent Technologies for a strategic cooperation agreement for Telesat’s Lightspeed services in Africa. Liquid Intelligent Technologies is part of Cassava Technologies, a pan-African fibre network group. As part of the agreement, the companies will […]
Integrated telco PLDT and global satellite operator Telesat of Canada have successfully conducted the Philippines’ first on-orbit testing of high-speed broadband connectivity with Telesat’s Phase 1 Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite, marking yet another milestone for PLDT as the country’s leading provider of communication services over satellite technology. A first for Telesat with any operator […]
Israel-based speciality satellite services company Gilat reported revenues up 58 per cent for its Q4 2021 to $67.3 million (from $42.6 million for the same period in 2020). The quarter help propel Gilat to revenues for the full year to $218.9 million, up 32 per cent y-o-y. Guidance for 2022 is for revenues of between […]
The new space race focuses on satellite Internet with a promise of higher speed and lower latency for industrial and business-oriented communication applications. As the connectivity revolution gathers momentum, low earth orbit satellites (LEOs) penetrate innovative application areas due to superior performance and positioning compared to geostationary and middle earth orbit satellites in remote tracking, […]
The European Union (EU) has published an 80-page document which proposes a Public-Private partnership satellite communications system. The scheme is budgeted at €6 billion (€5.2bn) and would give Europe a secure and independent satellite constellation. The proposals have two prime objectives: 1/ to ensure governmental users access to a secure communication system for the protection […]
OneWeb, the low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communications company, has confirmed the successful deployment of 34 satellites by Arianespace from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana. This launch, the Company’s first in 2022 and 13th overall, brings OneWeb’s total in-orbit constellation to 428 satellites. It represents 66 per cent of OneWeb’s planned 648 […]
Elon Musk says that a geomagnetic storm wiped out 40 of the 49 Starlink satellites launched on February 3rd. The solar storm happened 24 hours later and will mean that the broadband satellites will not reach orbit and in time will burn up in the Earth’s atmosphere. SpaceX, in its statement, said the 40 craft […]