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Launch
New Rockets to Bring About a New Era in Launch Supply
PARIS — After years of delays, new launch vehicles are finally coming online in 2024 with the first flights of United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Vulcan rocket and the Ariane 6....
Launch
Eutelsat Signs With Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for Multiple H3 Launches
Eutelsat Group signed a new launch agreement with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for multiple launches on the H3 rocket, the companies announced Wednesday, during World Space Business Week in Paris. According...
Connectivity
NASA Picks Intuitive Machines for Lunar Communications Contract
NASA awarded Intuitive Machines a contract to support the agency’s lunar relay systems as part of the Near Space Network. As part of this contract, Intuitive Machines plans to deploy...
Connectivity
Luxury Cruise Line Regent Seven Seas Completes Starlink Installation
Luxury cruise line Regent Seven Seas has finished installing Starlink internet across its fleet of six ships. The cruise line provides unlimited Wi-Fi to guests for no additional charge. Regent...
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Transforming Military SATCOM
Military operations demand secure, resilient, and high-throughput communications—anywhere, anytime. That’s why SpaceBridge developed ESTELLA, a next-generation SATCOM platform that unifies 3D-TDMA, Dynamic Rate Assignment (DRA), and WaveSwitch™ technologies. Together, they...
Government/Military
Telesat Hires Retired Canadian Brig. General to Lead LEO Defense Strategy
Telesat hired a retired Canadian brigadier general to lead its government go-to-market and business development strategy for the Lightspeed Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) network. The Canadian operator announced retired Brig. Gen....
Connectivity
D2D Market: Execs Believe Customers Will be Willing to Pay for Connectivity
PARIS — The direct-to-device (D2D) market has been the subject of excitement and hype in the satellite industry in the past few years, with the promise of expanding satellite’s market share...
Government/Military
SDA Reports Optical Link Success with SpaceX, York Space PWSA Satellites
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—The Space Development Agency (SDA) continues to advance the communications capabilities of its first batch of satellites on orbit as part of the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA),...
Connectivity
SoftBank and Intelsat to Co-Develop ‘Ubiquitous Network’
SoftBank and Intelsat are teaming up to develop and launch a “Ubiquitous Network” concept that uses 5G connections between terrestrial and mobile and satellite communications networks. The companies announced Tuesday...