Welcome to our first big satellite operator round-up of the year, as the industry looks to begin 2021. While the COVID-19 pandemic showing no signs of abating, the satellite industry is getting down to business. At the time of going to press, we are all still awaiting the big announcement from Telesat about which companies…

With so many new satellites being launched into Geostationary Orbit, Low-Earth Orbit, and Medium-Earth Orbit, (GEO/MEO/LEO), ground segment and technology providers face increasing pressure to develop systems that power new constellations. hiSky, established just under five years ago, is looking to meet the market's demand with its new Smartellite system — a small and compact…

At the 13th European Space Conference on Wednesday, Gerry Collins, network and services policy expert for ESOA stated that the satellite industry needs to change its way of doing business in order to make the most of new 5G opportunities. "The satellite industry has a terrible habit of over-complicating things," he said, and the discussion…

Rockets, "Beat Bobby Flay" (a cooking show for the uninitiated), French 1980s pop music, "The Crown," "The Marvelous Mrs Maisel"— all topics for our first Thursday Morning Conversation of 2021, as we talk rockets and pop culture with Tiphaine Louradour, the new president of ILS. Tiphaine became the president of ILS back in March 2020…