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SES gains extra Canadian Nunavut business

SES has struck a deal with Canada’s SSi to supply additional capacity to connect consumers, students, government entities and businesses across Northern Canada, including all 25 communities of Nunavut. The agreement sees access to expanded broadband capacity following a partnership signed between SSi Canada – the developer-operator of QINIQ broadband and SSi Mobile services in […]

April 28, 2022By Chris Forrester

Tata Communications profits up 18.5%

India’s Tata Communications published its full-year and Q4 numbers saying that its Consolidated revenue totalled $2.24 billion for FY22 while Q4 FY22 topped $567 million. Most of the company’s business segments witnessed growth including core connectivity, digital platforms & services, and incubation services of data business. Specifically, Tata’s data business grew by 2.1 per cent […]

April 27, 2022By Chris Forrester

Research: Maritime satellite sector recovering

Research consultancy Euroconsult has released a report which looks at the maritime and cruise line sector. It finds that in 2020 satellite services for merchant shipping grew 4 per cent to $584 million (€540.7m), but Covid saw the market for cruise ship connectivity plummet. The cruise sector is, however, recovering. In the report titled Prospects […]

April 22, 2022By Chris Forrester

XtndNet to unveil benchmark hybrid connectivity service

XtndNet a new ISP bringing high speed broadband to rural locations in the UK and beyond, will be introducing its newly launched benchmark hybrid satellite service for rural and under-connected properties at Connected North Conference & Expo in Manchester on April 25th – 26th. With a focus on connectivity as an essential component for ensuring […]

April 22, 2022

Eutelsat keeps Bezos Blue Origin launch order

Back at the Satellite 2017 show, in front of thousands of delegates, Eutelsat’s then CEO Rodolphe Belmer signed a contract with Jeff Bezos for the very first order for Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket. Eutelsat and Blue Origin, in a statement at the time, said the rocket would be ready “by the end of the […]

April 13, 2022

Russia aims to sell cancelled OneWeb launches

Russia’s Roscosmos space agency says it will offer launch services on “favourable preferential terms” to customers wanting to utilise the cancelled OneWeb launch contracts (which were with Arianespace). But first, according to Roscosmos director general, Dmitry Rogozin, clients have to have a friendly and respectful attitude toward Russia and its rocket and space industry. “Considering […]

April 13, 2022By Chris Forrester

Aerojet wins 116-rocket engines order

Aerojet Rocketdyne has won an order from the United Launch Alliance (ULA) for the delivery of 116 RL10C-X rocket engines that will be used in the giant Vulcan Centaur rocket. Aerojet Rocketdyne says the order is a direct result of the deal between ULA and Amazon “as part of the largest commercial launch contract in […]

April 13, 2022

First batch of Rwandan satellites readied

The small African state of Rwanda has filings for more than 300,000 small satellites in its E-Space business. Satellite entrepreneur Greg Wyler is behind the scheme. He helped found O3b and OneWeb. Their first demonstration satellites are readying for launch. Three prototype satellites are to be launched as part of a 34-payload mission carried into […]

April 12, 2022By Chris Forrester

SatixFy CEO Yoel Gat passes away

SatixFy Communications has announced that the company’s Co-Founder, Co-Chairman and CEO Yoel Gat passed away on April 8th. Yoav Leibovitch, Co-Founder, Co-Chairman and Chief Financial Officer, issued the following statement on behalf of himself and SatixFy’s Board: “We are deeply saddened by the passing of Yoel. He was a tremendous visionary and the driving force […]

April 11, 2022

Shortage of Antonov aircraft will hurt satellite deliveries

The images of a destroyed Antonov aircraft (registered number An-225), and one of the planet’s very largest aircraft, went around the world showing it destroyed in a hanger at an airfield near Kyiv. Its loss will have an immediate impact on the delivery of some urgently needed satellites. AN-225, dubbed Mriya (Dream) was blown to […]

April 11, 2022By Chris Forrester