E-letter: Briefs

Iridium’s L-band broadband Iridium Certus 200 service is now available for maritime, land mobile, and government markets, the operator announced June 22. This service is designed to offer uncompressed transmission...

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Department of the Air Force have signed an agreement to streamline regulation for commercial space launch activity. The agreement, signed June 21, establishes...

The ST Engineering iDirect Evolution platform is being deployed in the Philippines with Intelsat’s Horizons 3e satellite to expand broadband service across the archipelago. This deployment is through a long-term...

OneWeb has appointed David Thorn as its new regional director of Enterprise Sales in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. The company announced the appointment June 21. Thorn has an extensive background...

Ligado Networks said it has received approvals from wireless standard organization Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) to deploy its L-band spectrum in 5G networks.  The company is developing a 5G...

SES has been certified as an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Direct Connect Partner, which the satellite operator said is an advantage to enterprises and government users working in remote locations....

Satellite service provider Overon has expanded its capacity contract at Eutelsat’s 10 degrees East orbital position. This capacity will support EUMETSAT, the European agency for monitoring weather, climate, and the...

Yahsat is to hit the stock market in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in a strategic move. The company announced plans June 21 to proceed with an IPO to list...

Blue Sky Network has debuted a new dual-mode data management solution called SkyLink for land, air, sea, and Internet of Things (IoT) applications. It offers both Iridium‘s Certus service and...

Thales Alenia Space and Telespazio have won a new contract with the Italian Ministry of Defence, the two companies announced June 16. The contract is for the development of the...