E-letter: Briefs

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) […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Several U.S. satellite companies have joined together in protest of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s recently proposed rules and regulations on remote sensing. Executives from Maxar Technologies, Planet, HawkEye 360, […]

Mainstream Data, a satellite IP connectivity provider to underserved U.S. healthcare, banking, and enterprise customer is purchasing a third hub from ST Engineering iDirect, in order to expand its services using […]

France is accelerating plans to militarize its satellite technology, French Minister of Armed Forces Florence Parly said during a July 25 presentation of the European nation’s new space strategy. Parly’s plans […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

Firefly Aerospace hired Brad Schneider as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). Schneider has more than 35 years of experience in corporate operations, business, and strategic marketing within the aerospace and defense industry, […]

LinQuest will provide services as a sub to Peraton, the prime contractor of the Space Exploration Network Services and Evolution (SENSE) contract valued at up to $1.8 billion over the […]

WarnerMedia Asia Pacific chose Synamedia’s end-to-end PowerVu content delivery solution to enhance their satellite content delivery system. Synamedia technologies aims to reduce bandwidth costs, deliver next-generation security capabilities, and prepare […]

The Boeing Company reported a Second Quarter (Q2) revenue increase to $6.6 billion in its Defense, Space, and Security segment. This is approximately an 8 percent revenue increase, compared to […]

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross revealed that 44 organizations  from 28 states and two territories will receive grants totaling $23 million to create and expand high-growth entrepreneurship programs, including […]

Hughes Network Systems was awarded an $11.8 million Research and Development (R&D) contract by the U.S. Army, to help improve resiliency and interoperability among satcom systems for military communications. The […]

The Space Alliance between Thales Alenia Space and Telespazio signed a contract with the Italian Space Agency (ASI) for the initial development of an innovative satellite system dubbed Ital-GovSatCom. This […]

Major global satellite operators Inmarsat and Eutelsat are involved a tense, lengthy legal dispute regarding the use of mobile satellite services in Europe, based on previously awarded licenses. In late […]