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NSIL/ISRO, OneWeb digital connectivity collaboration

Bharti-backed low Earth orbit satellite communications company OneWeb has announced an arrangement through Letter of Intent with NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), the commercial arm of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), to use Indian-built PSLV (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle) and the heavier GSLV-MkIII (Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle) as potential platforms to launch OneWeb’s satellites in India […]

October 11, 2021By Colin Mann

Eutelsat ups stake in OneWeb

Eutelsat has boosted its shareholding in satellite broadband operator OneWeb. Eutelsat’s stake has been raised from 17.6 per cent to 22.9 per cent and it is paying an additional $165 million (€142.5m) for the investment. Eutelsat is using an option agreed when it invested $550 million in April this year. “Since Eutelsat’s initial investment, OneWeb […]

October 6, 2021By Chris Forrester

Bank: SES up, Eutelsat down

Investment bank Berenberg has issued two timely reports on Europe’s pair of major satellite operators ahead of their results. The analysis was good news for Luxembourg-based SES but less rosy for Paris-based Eutelsat. For SES the overwhelming positive news was the operator’s share of the FCC’s ‘incentive’ payments for freeing up C-band frequencies over the […]

September 28, 2021

Prestwick Spaceport partners with Astraius

Prestwick Spaceport has secured a launch partner for its spaceport development in a landmark deal that will boost Scotland’s space industry ambitions and create an important strategic asset for the UK. The spaceport, represented by Glasgow Prestwick Airport and South Ayrshire Council, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with UK-based, commercially-operated horizontal ‘air launch’ […]

September 22, 2021

Hughes, OneWeb sign US & India LEO deals

Satellite and multi-transport technologies and networks specialist Hughes Network Systems and low Earth orbit satellite communications company OneWeb have signed a distribution agreement in the US focused on enterprise services. In India, the parties have entered into an MOU for a strategic agreement to distribute services to large enterprises, small and medium businesses, government, telcos […]

September 10, 2021

Beam Budget by INTEGRASYS empowering LEO networks design

Beam Budget, the innovative link budget tool in the market, has been updated for Satshow 2021, becoming an essential tool for the New Space Era constellations, LEO and MEO. By 2021 the company has been updating the LEO option, in order to be a flexible solution and pioneer in these new constellations. Beam Budget enables […]

September 8, 2021

Kymeta, OneWeb successful test LEO/GEO terminal

Kymeta, the communications company making mobile global, and OneWeb, the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite communications company, have announced the successful testing of the Kymeta u8 based LEO terminal with OneWeb’s LEO satellite constellation. Kymeta and OneWeb performed a series of LEO satellite acquisition, tracking and throughput measurements in Toulouse, France. Kymeta plans to leverage […]

September 7, 2021

OneWeb signs insurance agreement through Marsh

OneWeb, the low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communications company, has signed an insurance agreement for an aggregate insured value of over $1 billion through Marsh, the world’s leading insurance broker and risk advisor. Marsh arranged a multi-launch insurance programme covering physical loss or damage to the remaining GEN 1 satellites and launch vehicles with a […]

September 2, 2021

Analyst: “OneWeb positioned for success”

Quilty Analytics, a specialist in research on the satellite and space sectors, says that low Earth orbiting (LEO) broadband satellite operator OneWeb is well placed for success. OneWeb’s next batch of satellites are scheduled to launch on September 14th. Quilty says that following the launch “OneWeb will have deployed about half of its 648-satellite constellation […]

August 31, 2021By Chris Forrester

MDA working on mega-constellations

Canada-based satellite component supplier MDA reports it is actively bidding on supplying several mega-constellations of satellites in addition to the contracts it has in place with Telesat’s broadband-by-satellite Lightspeed project and OneWeb. MDA’s CEO Mike Greenley says the company expects to see revenues of some C$800 million (€547.3m) from its Lightspeed contracts between this year […]

August 20, 2021By Chris Forrester