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Finance
Eutelsat Sees Slight Dip in Revenue for Full Year 2018-2019
Eutelsat Communications reported its financial results for its full year 2018-2019, in which it saw a slight decrease in overall revenue. The company reported revenues of approximately $1.5 billion (1.3 […]
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Government/Military
Luxembourg, NorthStar Work on Clean Space Initiative
The government of Luxembourg and Canadian technology company NorthStar Earth and Space are a launching a “Clean Space” initiative to foster sustainability in space. The Clean Space initiative would evaluate […]
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Connectivity
PHSAT Expands Connectivity in Philippines With Hughes Jupiter System
PHSAT Telecom Solutions chose the Hughes Network Systems‘ Jupiter System to enable internet services for its Small-to-Medium Enterprise (SME) customers. PHSAT, providing domestic and international telecommunication services to businesses throughout […]
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Launch
Airbus Builds SMILE Satellite for ESA
Airbus was selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) to build the European component of the Solar Wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) satellite. SMILE will be the first joint […]
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Finance
Intelsat Satellite Failure Cuts into Q2 Revenues
Intelsat reported total revenue of $509.4 million and net loss attributable to Intelsat S.A. of $529.7 million — compared to a net loss of $46.8 million for the same period […]
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Mobility
Dish Posts Q2 Results, Ergen Details Wireless Vision
Dish Network reported its Second Quarter (Q2) 2019 financial results a week after the company announced entering the U.S. wireless market as the fourth nationwide network competitor. Dish’s revenues took a […]
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Government/Military
NASA Reveals Partnerships Advancing Moon, Mars Tech
NASA selected 10 U.S. companies for 19 partnerships to mature industry-developed space technologies. As NASA prepares to land humans on the Moon by 2024 with the Artemis program, commercial companies are […]
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Mobility
Speedcast Delivers Expanded Connectivity for Goodwood Vessels
Speedcast International will deliver Ku-band Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) services for an additional six vessels in the Goodwood fleet, as well as providing voice services and enterprise applications with […]
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Government/Military
Russia Successfully Launches Military Satellite
The Russian military launched a Soyuz-2.1 carrier rocket today, carrying the Meridian communications satellite, according to the Defense Ministry’s Zvezda broadcasting service. The rocket lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome […]
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Government/Military
Operators Urge U.S. Regulators to Rethink Remote Sensing Proposal
Several U.S. satellite companies have joined together in protest of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s recently proposed rules and regulations on remote sensing. Executives from Maxar Technologies, Planet, HawkEye 360, […]
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Connectivity
Mainstream Data Buys New IP Service Hub from iDirect
Mainstream Data, a satellite IP connectivity provider to underserved U.S. healthcare, banking, and enterprise customer is purchasing a third hub from ST Engineering iDirect, in order to expand its services using […]
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Government/Military
French Military to Develop Anti-Satellite Laser Weapons
France is accelerating plans to militarize its satellite technology, French Minister of Armed Forces Florence Parly said during a July 25 presentation of the European nation’s new space strategy. Parly’s plans […]
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Finance
Report: UK Space Industry Prepares for No-Deal Brexit
The British aerospace industry has stepped up plans for a Brexit exodus from the UK aviation regulator, as a second deadline for the UK leaving the EU without a deal looms. More […]
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Connectivity
T-Mobile CEO Says Dish Deal Puts AT&T, Verizon on Notice
The three-way deal announced by T-Mobile, Sprint, and Dish on Friday was a catalyst moment that will completely change the wireless landscape, according to T-Mobile CEO John Legere. “With its […]
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Finance
SES Networks Growth is Catching Up to Video Losses
SES‘ data division is closing the gap between its growth rate and the operator’s Video segment losses. SES Networks reported double digit year-over-year growth in the operator’s first half 2019 financial results, […]
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Finance
Dish is Now a US Wireless Carrier
Dish Network will enter the U.S. wireless market as the fourth nationwide facilities-based network competitor. Dish reached agreements with the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, T-Mobile, and […]
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Launch
Airbus Completes 1st Step in Production of ESA’s JUICE Satellite
Airbus Defense and Space completed the first step in the construction of the inner structure of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) JUICE satellite. This is the beginning of its Earthly journey […]
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Finance
Japanese Startup Synspective Accumulates $100 Million in Funding
Synspective, a Japanese startup which provides satellite data solutions using small Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites, accumulated $100 million in funding since its foundation in February 2018. The investment aims […]
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Connectivity
OQ Technology, GomSpace to Work on Tiger Mission
OQ Technology, a Luxembourg-based satellite Internet of Things (IoT) company, has signed a contract with GomSpace to implement the Tiger mission. The Tiger mission represents a precursor mission to OQ […]
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Government/Military
Telesat Partners With Canadian Government to Expand Internet Connectivity
Telesat and the Canadian government partnered to help ensure access to affordable, high-speed internet connectivity across rural and remote areas of Canada through the development of Telesat’s LEO Satellite Constellation. […]
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Finance
Firefly Aerospace Appoints Brad Schneider as CRO
Firefly Aerospace hired Brad Schneider as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). Schneider has more than 35 years of experience in corporate operations, business, and strategic marketing within the aerospace and defense industry, […]
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Government/Military
LinQuest to Support Peraton’s NASA SENSE Contract
LinQuest will provide services as a sub to Peraton, the prime contractor of the Space Exploration Network Services and Evolution (SENSE) contract valued at up to $1.8 billion over the […]
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Connectivity
WarnerMedia Asia Pacific Improves Satellite Delivery With Synamedia
WarnerMedia Asia Pacific chose Synamedia’s end-to-end PowerVu content delivery solution to enhance their satellite content delivery system. Synamedia technologies aims to reduce bandwidth costs, deliver next-generation security capabilities, and prepare […]
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Finance
Report: Dish to Buy $5 Billion in Wireless Assets From T-Mobile, Sprint
Dish Network has reportedly agreed to acquire wireless assets from T-Mobile and Sprint for $5 billion dollars, according to reports published in Bloomberg News from anonymous sources. This breaks down to about $3.5 billion for […]
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Finance
Boeing Reports Q2 Revenue Increase in Space Segment, but Decrease Overall
The Boeing Company reported a Second Quarter (Q2) revenue increase to $6.6 billion in its Defense, Space, and Security segment. This is approximately an 8 percent revenue increase, compared to […]
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Finance
US Department of Commerce Invests $23 Million to Fuel Entrepreneurship
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross revealed that 44 organizations from 28 states and two territories will receive grants totaling $23 million to create and expand high-growth entrepreneurship programs, including […]
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Government/Military
Hughes Wins $11 Million Contract to Improve US Army Satcom Systems
Hughes Network Systems was awarded an $11.8 million Research and Development (R&D) contract by the U.S. Army, to help improve resiliency and interoperability among satcom systems for military communications. The […]
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Government/Military
Thales Alenia Space, Telespazio Win Italian Satellite Development Contract
The Space Alliance between Thales Alenia Space and Telespazio signed a contract with the Italian Space Agency (ASI) for the initial development of an innovative satellite system dubbed Ital-GovSatCom. This […]
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Government/Military
Eutelsat and Inmarsat Execs Slam Each Other in Regulatory Dispute
Major global satellite operators Inmarsat and Eutelsat are involved a tense, lengthy legal dispute regarding the use of mobile satellite services in Europe, based on previously awarded licenses. In late […]
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Government/Military
Maxar Integrates Pollution Monitoring Payload for NASA
Maxar Technologies will integrate and fly NASA’s Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) instrument on a 1300-class satellite in Geostationary Orbit (GEO). TEMPO will be the first space-based instrument to provide […]



























