Connectivity

Globalstar has signed a deal with Argentinian agtech startup Wiagro to supply IoT transmitters to be used to remotely monitor crops stored in silos.   Globalstar announced Wednesday it will provide...

Astroscale and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) are looking to jointly create a new satellite refueling service, the two organizations announced Dec. 7. The activities will be done under...

Satellite service provider Sencinet signed a five-year deal with Telesat for capacity on the Telstar 19 Vantage satellite to modernize and expand the Petrobras oil and gas connectivity network. Petrobras...

SpaceX is venturing into Earth observation (EO) and hosted payloads for national security use, with a new business line called Starshield. The company added a section to its website for...

Arabsat has signed a new capacity deal with Ninetnine that sees the content provider launch its live, linear entertainment TV channel Helwa TV on Arabsat. The two companies announced the...

The FCC approved part of SpaceX’s application for the second generation of the Starlink constellation, which will allow SpaceX to deploy up to 7,500 satellites. The order was a partial...

OQ Technology has announced that its ‘MACSAT’ mission supported by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Luxembourg Space Agency (LSA) will launch in March on a Vega-C rocket. The...

The latest SES satellite, SES-21, is now in service following its launch in October. SES announced Thursday the satellite is now operational at 131 degrees West.  SES-21, built by Boeing,...

SiriusXM ordered two more satellites from Maxar Technologies, SXM-11 and -12, the companies announced Tuesday. Maxar is now developing four Geostationary Orbit (GEO) satellites for SiriusXM, including SXM-9 and -10...

Granite Telecommunications signed a deal to offer satellite internet using Viasat’s satellite network, the companies announced Tuesday. Granite, based in Massachusetts, provides voice, data, internet, wireless, video and secure networks...