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Launch
Arianespace Takes Smallsats Directly into GEO
Arianespace has revealed its GO-1 mission, a rideshare service for small satellites directly entering Geostationary Orbit (GEO). The mission will take place in the first half of 2022, and aims to […]
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Imagery and Sensing
Kleos, Spire Partner on Maritime Safety
Spire Global and Kleos Space have entered into an agreement to cooperate on creating enhanced tools for maritime safety. The companies will combine Spire Automatic Identification System (AIS) data with Kleos Radio […]
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Government/Military
Spaceflight Reveals 2nd Rideshare Mission With Rocket Lab
Spaceflight managed the procurement, integration, and mission management services for three spacecraft on Rocket Lab’s next mission aboard an Electron rocket. This mission, called “Look Ma, No Hands” by Rocket Lab, […]
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Finance
NanoAvionics Hires Former AAC/Clyde Space North America CEO, Opens US Office
NanoAvionics has opened a factory and office in the U.S., and hired Franklin Brent Abbott, the former chief executive for AAC/Clyde Space North America. Additionally, Robin Sampson has been hired as […]
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Technology
SES Builds Network Automation and Service Orchestration Platform
SES will create an open, standards-based network automation and service orchestration platform, built on Open Network Automation Platform (ONAP) and powered by Amdocs’ Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) technology. SES is the […]
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Imagery and Sensing
LeoLabs Introduces Smallsat Commercial Satellite Tracking Service
LeoLabs revealed LeoTrack, a commercial satellite tracking service for smallsat and cubesat operators. LeoTrack, delivered as a web-based subscription, offers satellite operators a range of monitoring capabilities, including precision tracking of […]
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Imagery and Sensing
Capella Space, Addvalue, Inmarsat Partner for Real-Time Tasking
Capella Space, an information services company that provides Earth Observation (EO) data on demand, entered into an agreement with Addvalue for use of its Inter-Satellite Data Relay System (IDRS) via Inmarsat‘s […]
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Mobility
Gilat Provides Aero Antennas to Business Aviation Service Provider
Gilat Satellite Networks will provide aero antennas with an initial agreement for tens of millions of dollars to a Tier-1 business aviation service provider. This helps expand Gilat’s aero offering into […]
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Government/Military
FCC Streamlines Small Satellite Application Process
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) significantly streamlined the application process for small satellites, providing an alternative, cheaper, and more flexible authorization process. Given recent innovation in the small satellite sector and […]
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Connectivity
Ultra DTH Selects Eutelsat 65 West A for New Pay-TV Platform
Ultra DTH signed a multiyear, multi-transponder agreement with Eutelsat Communications subsidiary Eutelsat Americas for capacity on the Eutelsat 65 West A satellite to support the launch of a white label Direct-to-Home (DTH) […]
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Government/Military
NASA, NOAA Discover Cause of GOES-17 Issue
A Mishap Investigation Board appointed by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) identified the most likely cause for an instrument issue aboard NOAA’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite […]
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Finance
Telesat Sees Increase in Q2 Revenue
Telesat revealed its financial results for its Second Quarter (Q2) 2019, in which it reported consolidated revenues of $174.8 million ($231 million CAD), an increase of 9 percent compared to […]
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Mobility
Speedcast Wins Sasol Oil and Gas Contract in Mozambique
Speedcast International was awarded a new multi-year contract to provide communications and onsite IT support services at four operations camps for Sasol‘s oil and gas exploration and well delivery camps […]
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Mobility
Flyht, L3Harris Extend Airbus Satcom Partnership
Flyht revealed that L3Harris Technologies extended its partnership and agreement to provide custom engineering services used in global voice and data satcom solutions. Flyht will customize L3Harris AFIRSTM 228S (Automated Flight […]
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Government/Military
Gilat Awarded $7 Million Contract for US Army WIN-T Program
Gilat Satellite Networks subsidiary Wavestream received orders for over $7 million for the U.S. Army‘s Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T) program. WIN-T was established to provide connectivity via the U.S. Department of Defense […]
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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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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. […]





























