E-letter: Briefs

There are many things I thought I would never say, and getting a Harry Potter space-related exclusive would no doubt fall into that category. However, this week’s Thursday Morning Conversation...

Gilat Satellite Networks has delivered a solution for Telefonica International Wholesale Services (TIWS) for a satellite communication project in Argentina including rural broadband services and cellular backhaul.  The companies announced...

Virgin Galactic has hired Disney executive Michael Colglazier as the company’s new CEO. Colglazier has decades of experience at Disney, and was most recently president and managing director of Disney...

SatRevolution revealed an Earth Observation (EO) shared services mission to launch in the middle of 2021. The 2021 mission, called STORK, will closely follow the SatRevolution’s mission SW1FT (Swift), which...

Spaceflight revealed Wednesday that it will be flying its next generation orbital transfer vehicle, Sherpa-FX, on a fully dedicated rideshare mission with SpaceX. The mission, called SXRS-3 by Spaceflight, is...

Northrop Grumman Corporation launched a spacecraft for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) on Wednesday on its Minotaur IV launch vehicle. The launch took off from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in...

SES Americom filed a $1.8 billion claim in Intelsat’s bankruptcy case on Tuesday, alleging  breach of contract related to the C-Band Alliance (CBA).  In the filing, SES said the two...

ManSat Group has appointed Rachel Beattie as CFO. Rachel joins the company from SMP Partners Group, having previously held various senior financial management roles within the online and digital technology...

Get Sat and R4 Integration, a provider of airborne roll-on/roll-off and shoulder mount communication systems for U.S. and partner government aircraft, revealed Tuesday that the completion and airworthiness certification of...

SES launched a Free-to-Air (FTA) satellite channel delivering reliable, informative content about COVID-19. The channel – Fight COVID-19 – broadcasts content that is aimed at providing underserved and rural communities...