E-letter: Briefs

Viasat and Space42 have shared more details about the Equatys direct-to-device (D2D) joint venture, including that Equatys will be supported by up to 2,800 satellites.  Equatys has been pitched as...

Telesat is moving forward for new landing stations for Telesat Lightspeed in Saskatchewan and Quebec with land leases and purchases announced Tuesday.  Telesat has acquired land in Estevan, Saskatchewan and...

Voyager Technologies is making a multi-million dollar strategic investment in Max Space to develop expandable lunar habitats, the companies announced on Monday. In a statement, Voyager said it would support...

The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has awarded Hughes Network Services a contract focused on resilient, hybrid satellite networks. The award announced Monday is through the AFRL’s Rapid Architecture Prototyping...

Blues and Skylo Technologies will demonstrate Notecard for Skylo, a module capable of satellite, Wi-Fi, and cellular connectivity, at the Embedded World conference in Nuremberg, Germany. The module, designed for industries...

A long-awaited rocket launch from the U.K. has moved a significant step closer. Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) has delivered its first and second stages of the RFA ONE launch vehicle...

LOT Polish Airlines has started in-flight connectivity (IFC) serve on the first Boeing 787 Dreamliner plane, supplied by Viasat‘s Amara service. The Polish airline confirmed March 6 that the IFC...

The FCC is looking to make more spectrum available for what it calls “weird space stuff” — in other words, to support telemetry, tracking, and command (TT&C) for emerging space applications. ...

Eutelsat has completed its 5 billion euro ($5.8 billion) refinancing plan with the final step of a 1.5 billion euro ($1.7 billion) bond issuance, the company announced Friday. The company...

The U.K. government will invest another 30 million pounds in satellite connectivity projects based in the U.K. as part of the Connectivity in Low Earth Orbit, or C-LEO, program. The...