E-letter: Briefs

UK company Sky and Space Global has received signed binding commitments for raising $12 million in a two-tranche share placement to investors as part of its $15 million fundraising effort. The […]

The Reuben Brothers (David Reuben and Simon Reuben) have invested in HiSky, an Israeli company developing a satellite network of terminals based on electronically steered antenna, hub base station, and […]

EchoStar reported its financial results for both the three and twelve months ended Dec. 31, 2018 in which it saw increased consolidated revenues in Q4 2018, but also a net […]

Satellogic, an integrated geospatial analytics company, appointed Rick Dunn as the company’s new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Dunn brings over 25 years of financial experience and leadership to Satellogic, including […]

Viasat and Facebook are collaborating to accelerate the deployment of high-speed internet to communities that lack reliable internet, or have no connectivity at all. The collaboration will help accelerate the […]

CETel, a German service provider of global managed end-to-end communications solutions, signed a substantial lease contract for satellite capacity with its strategic partner SES Networks. The capacity is secured on […]

Viasat revealed that El Al Israel Airlines launched the Viasat in-flight Wi-Fi service on transatlantic flights. The in-flight Wi-Fi service will leverage the ViaSat-2 satellite to bring internet to El Al […]

Leidos awarded DataPath, a provider of communications solutions, a prime contract to provide software and integration support to a communications program located in the Antarctic. Leidos provides logistical support to the […]

Es’hailSat, Qatar Satellite, and BridgeSat established a strategic relationship to help provide businesses and governments across the Middle East with more affordable access to laser-based satellite broadband services. This supports […]

The European Space Agency (ESA) awarded OneWeb $20.4 million (18 million euros) of U.K. Space Agency funding to aid in the development of its next generation satellite constellation. The constellation will […]

The U.S. Air Force awarded Intelsat a firm-fixed-price contract modification for commercial satellite communications services. The contract supports Option Period Three on task order GS-35F-0478U/HC1013-16-F-0020 for commercial satcom service. The […]

PSSI Global Services and Sydney Teleport Services (STS) have collaborated to establish a gateway between PSSI International Teleport (PIT) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and the STS teleport in Sydney, Australia. This […]

NASA selected Ball Aerospace to build the spacecraft for the Spectro Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer (SPHEREx), a medium-class Explorer mission. Ball […]

ExactEarth completed the rollout of its real-time global satellite Automatic Identification System (AIS) service after activating the final six payloads of its exactView constellation, the company reported Feb. 15. The […]

Relativity, an autonomous rocket factory and launch services provider, was granted a new patent. Relativity was recently granted US. Patent Number US20180341248A1, Real-time adaptive control of additive manufacturing processes using machine learning, […]

Capella Space added senior business and engineering leaders to its team. Scott Soenen was added as vice president of product engineering; Matt Wood as vice president of go-to-market and business strategy, […]

The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) awarded a managed connectivity services contract to SES Networks. SES aims to improve connectivity for Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) services of the European Maritime Safety Agency […]

Eutelsat Communications and Afghanistan Broadcasting System (ABS) signed a multi-year, multi-transponder contract for video capacity on the Eutelsat 53A satellite. ABS will use Eutelsat 53A’s Ku-band resources over central Asia to […]

ViaLite launched a new C-Band Radio Frequency (RF) over fiber link. With a C-Band uplink/downlink frequency range of 3.4 to 7.1 GHz, the link aims to be suitable for use in […]

Avanti Communications is providing satellite broadband services to the Tolcarn Observatory, a Cornish astronomy observatory in the United Kingdom.This service will help expand the observatory’s research and educational work. The […]

Hispasat, one of the world’s biggest satellite operators, has made a significant business development. It was revealed that Red Eléctrica (REC) and Abertis have reached an agreement whereby REC, through its subsidiary […]

Speedcast International revealed that it will replace the Cook Islands’ existing international hub termination service with a new domestic hub for data, voice, domestic terrestrial television distribution, and cellular backhaul. […]

Dish Network reported a decrease in revenue and a loss of subscribers for the quarter ending Dec. 31, 2018, as well as for the full year of 2018. Dish’s Fourth Quarter […]

GOES-17, the second of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) next-generation Geostationary Orbit (GEO) weather satellites, has completed its checkout phase and is now operating in the GOES West […]

Eutelsat signed simultaneous multi-year contracts with the Ethiopian Broadcasting Service (EBS) and the Association of Ethiopian Broadcasters (AEB) for video capacity on its Eutelsat 8 West B satellite. The aggregate of these […]

UltiSat, a Speedcast company, was awarded a multi-year, multi-million dollar subcontract in support of Sierra Nevada (SNC) to provide Airborne Satcom-on-the-Move (SOTM) solution design, selection, and systems integration for Airborne Intelligence, […]

IBM Research and SweetSense (a provider of satellite connected sensors) are partnering with The Freshwater Trust (TFT), nonprofit working to protect and restore freshwater ecosystems, to pilot technologies to monitor and […]

Airbus is expanding its aerospace activities at its site in Ottobrunn/Taufkirchen, near Munich, Germany. Bavarian Minister-President Markus Söder and Airbus Defense and Space Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dirk Hoke, gave […]

Avanti Communications and MainOne, a connectivity and data center solutions company in West Africa, have signed an agreement to jointly improve broadband penetration across Nigeria by providing the latest Ka-band […]

Spaceflight revealed that it will launch two payloads on its first rideshare mission to Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO). The mission is scheduled for no earlier than mid-February 2019 aboard a SpaceX […]