E-letter: Briefs

Rocket Lab executed its “Return to Sender” mission on Thursday evening, launching 30 satellites and hitting the milestone of its first-ever post-launch Electron first stage recovery.  The Electron launch vehicle...

Viasat is making moves to strengthen its European position in the broadband market. The satellite operator announced Thursday it is purchasing the remaining 51% share of Euro Broadband Infrastructure (EBI),...

Orbital Sidekick (OSK) on Thursday revealed that the company received a 12-month contract to serve as a technology partner with the Intelligent Pipeline Integrity Program (iPIPE). With this award, OSK...

USSI Global revealed Wednesday that the company will modernize Sinclair Broadcast Group’s satellite network to comply with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) C-Band spectrum transition. USSI Global will upgrade Sinclair’s...

The FCC on Wednesday voted to establish a unified licensing framework for Earth stations and space stations that the commission said will increase flexibility for satellite operators.   The new, optional...

Astroscale is preparing for the launch of its end-of-life services demonstration, ELSA-d, to launch in March 2021. Astroscale announced Wednesday the mission will launch on a Soyuz rocket operated by...

Telecom Italia (TIM) purchased all of the capacity dedicated to Italy on Eutelsat’s KONNECT satellite in order to provide fixed broadband services to Italian households starting in January 2021. Additionally,...

Intelsat revealed on its corporate blog on Tuesday that the Intelsat CellBackhaul service is coming to Europe. The company recently implemented a new gateway using Comtech hubs at the Intelsat...

Viasat revealed Tuesday that its phased array flat panel antenna, which was selected by SES for the O3b mPower satcom system in 2018, has entered the Test Readiness Review (TRR)...

The SpaceX Crew Dragon Resilience successfully docked with the International Space Station late Monday night, and NASA and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronauts have entered the ISS.  The docking...