The cumulative value of satellite ‘ground segment’, needed for handling signals to and from orbiting satellites, will be worth $78 billion (€77.7bn) between 2022 to 2031, says a study from Euroconsult. The research states that ground segment, helped by the proliferation of new satellite deployments, will see the commercial user terminal segment experience a major […]
Signalhorn, a player in teleport services, with over 50 years’ experience providing highly secure connectivity to major organisations, government institutions and the private sector, has announced that following a strategic business review, it is changing the company’s name to LEUK Teleport & Data Centre ( LEUK ) to better reflect the future direction of the […]
Rwanda is backing a scheme to launch 300,000 satellites into low Earth orbit. The project, E-Space, is being advised as CEO by serial satellite entrepreneur Greg Wyler (who was instrumental in forming O3b and OneWeb). E-Space is now hiring senior staffers. Production of the satellite fleet is due to commence next year. E-Space has now […]
Wars and international conflicts are increasingly targeting orbiting satellites, says a report from Aerospace Corp. The report says that as space-based services become ever more integrated with life and society on Earth, the international community will have to consider how commercial actors affect and are affected by crisis and conflict in space. Unfortunately, there are […]
Kinloss, Scotland-based rocket launch services company, Orbex, is hiring 50 new staff in readiness for what it describes as “the company’s final push” for the first vertical rocket launch from UK soil. Many of the new jobs will support integrated testing of the complete rocket at the Orbex LP1 launch platform test facility at Kinloss. […]
Bermuda incorporated APT Satellite reported its half-year results to the Hong Kong stock exchange saying that revenues grew helped by new business secured in Malaysia. Revenues for the half-year to June 30th were HK$498.4 (€63.8m) up 10.75 per cent compared to the same period last year. Profits grew 11 per cent at HK$133.8 million. The […]
Finnish satellite operator ICEYE is supplying access to its 21 satellite Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) craft to Ukraine. The move is funded by $16 million of donations made to the Serhiy Prytula Charitable Foundation. Serhiy Prytula is a Ukrainian TV presenter, who normally hosts the TV show Faina Yukraina (“Nice Ukraine“) but since the Russian […]
Ligado Networks is planning a US terrestrial wireless system using L-band (1526-1536 MHz) and is hoping to start services on or after September 30th this year. However, there are allegations that its service is potentially interfering with GPS signals. London-based Inmarsat has some potentially valuable agreements with Ligado which uses Inmarsat spectrum over the US. […]
Philippine telco company PLDT’s wireless subsidiary Smart Communications (Smart) is collaborating with US-based mobile connectivity specialist Omnispace to explore and demonstrate the capabilities of space-based 5G communications using low earth orbit (LEO) satellites. “This collaboration with Omnispace will allow our companies to work together to define use cases for the Philippine market,” stated Arvin L. […]
Tokyo-based Synspective is soon to launch its first commercial satellite, and says it should have 30 in its constellation by 2026. StriX-1 is the company’s third Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite following StriX-α and StriX-β, which were launched in December 2021 and March 2022 respectively with Rocket Lab. “Unlike the previous two satellites, which are […]