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Telesat Revenue Dips 10% in Q2 2021

By Rachel Jewett | August 13, 2021

Telesat revenue dipped 10% in the second quarter of 2021 compared to the same time last year, according to the operator’s financial results released Friday. The Canadian satellite operator reported...

Imagery and Sensing

Maxar Adds Two Customers to its Rapid Access Tasking Program

By Rachel Jewett | August 13, 2021

Maxar Technologies has added two new subscribers to its Rapid Access Program (RAP). The National Institute of Aeronautics and Space of Indonesia (LAPAN) and the Colombian Air Force have each...

Partner Content

Modulation Techniques for Satellite Communications

August 13, 2021

Modern satellites enable high data rate communications for emerging applications like connected cars and 5G. You employ complex modulation schemes to improve spectral efficiency and minimize nonlinear amplification in the...

Connectivity

Inmarsat to Upgrade L-Band Service With Elera Network

By Rachel Jewett | August 12, 2021

Inmarsat is rolling out an upgraded narrowband L-band network called Elera for Internet of Things (IoT) service using capacity from its soon-to-launch I-6 satellites. Elera will use capacity from two...

Finance

Korean Company Hanwha Invests $300M into OneWeb

By Rachel Jewett | August 12, 2021

South Korean manufacturing and technology company Hanwha has joined OneWeb’s ownership consortium with a $300 million investment for an 8% share in the company. This investment brings OneWeb’s total equity...

Technology

Mynaric Finalizes $28M Optical Link Deal with SpaceLink

By Rachel Jewett | August 12, 2021

Mynaric has finalized its deal with SpaceLink for Optical Inter-Satellite Link (OISL) terminals at up to $28 million, the company announced Thursday. The agreement was previously announced in May of...

Finance

Canadian Government Set to Invest $1.4B in Telesat Lightspeed

By Jeffrey Hill | August 12, 2021

The government of Canada has agreed to invest an additional $1.44 billion Canadian dollars in Telesat‘s Lightspeed constellation if the operator meets Canadian capital and operating expenditures requirements tied to...

Space Economy

Rocket Lab Lands Photon Deal for Varda Space Industries

By Rachel Jewett | August 11, 2021

Rocket Lab has signed a deal with in-space manufacturing company Varda Space Industries to produce three Photon spacecraft that will integrate with the company’s “space factories.” Varda Space is working...

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Connectivity

OneWeb Signs Broadband MoU With Northwestel for Connectivity in Northern Canada

By Rachel Jewett | August 11, 2021

OneWeb has signed an MoU with northern Canada telco Northwestel for broadband connectivity. Under the agreement announced Wednesday, the companies will work together to deliver new connectivity services to remote...

Finance

Shareholders Approve Momentus SPAC Merger After Rocky Start

By Rachel Jewett | August 11, 2021

Stockholders of Stable Road Acquisition Corp the special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger with Momentus on Wednesday. Momentus will begin trading on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol...