E-letter: News Feed
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Finance
Hispasat to Help Validate PLD Space As a Launch Services Provider
Hispasat and PLD Space have agreed to work together to define the technical features and analyzing compatibility to launch services on board MIURA 5 launcher. This agreement that these companies […]
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Finance
Rakuten and Vodafone Invest in SpaceMobile, a LEO Cell Service
Rakuten and Vodafone are the lead investors in a just-announced space-based cellular broadband network called SpaceMobile from AST & Science. AST & Science plans to create a constellation of Low-Earth-Orbit […]
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Finance
AE Industrial Partners Acquires Adcole Maryland Aerospace
AE Industrial Partners, a private equity firm specializing in aerospace and defense, has acquired smallsat manufacturer Adcole Maryland Aerospace (AMA) from Adcole Corporation, a portfolio company of Artemis Capital Partners. […]
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Finance
SES Explores Separating Video and Networks Businesses
On the same day that SES delivered its 2019 financial results in which revenue was below expectations, the company also announced it is considering separating its Networks business. The company […]
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Finance
PredaSAR Lands $25M Financing, Appoints Retired Air Force General to CEO
PredaSAR Corporation, a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) company, has completed a $25 million seed financing round, led by Miami-based investor, Rokk3r Fuel. PredaSAR also named retired U.S. Air Force Maj. […]
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Podcast
The Regulatory Landscape with Jennifer Manner
Satellite is an important part of bringing connectivity to users wherever they are. The regulatory choices that are made by governments can assist in bringing connectivity to users. Satellite spectrum […]
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Connectivity
Optus Deploys Dual-Band 5G Production Network in Australia
Optus said it has successfully launched a 2300MHz and 3500MHz spectrum 5G dual-band production network through a partnership with Ericsson and Samsung, calling the network the world’s first. The dual-band […]
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Connectivity
FCC Approves Public C-Band Auction
The FCC sealed the fate of satellite operators in the C-band spectrum on Friday voting 3-2 on to expand flexible use of the spectrum for 5G deployment, requiring satellite operators […]
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Government/Military
Elon Musk Talks Starlink Production, Reusability at Air Force Conference
ORLANDO, Fla. – SpaceX has managed to bring the unit cost down to build its Starlink broadband internet satellites, but needs to do the same for its forthcoming Starship launch vehicle to […]
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Finance
Relativity Ready for Next Stage as it Heads to Long Beach
Relativity Space is now moving to a huge new facility in California as it looks to continue its growth. The company announced Friday that it has secured a new headquarters […]
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Connectivity
Kratos Wins Government Contract to Build Satellite Spectrum Monitoring System
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions was awarded an $11.5 million contract from an unnamed government customer to build an advanced space radio monitoring system to help regulate and protect satellite […]
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Connectivity
Hughes Kicks Off Massive Community Wi-Fi Deployment in Rural Mexico
Hughes Network Systems and Telecomunicaciones de México (TELECOMM) will deploy Express Wi-Fi Hotspots in as many as 4,000 rural communities in Mexico, the operator announced Feb. 28. TELECOMM, a decentralized […]
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Connectivity
Thaicom DeOrbits Thaicom 5
Thaicom has migrated its customers from the Thaicom 5 satellite to Thaicom 6 and other satellites, the company announced Thursday. The company said the migration and service restoration were completed […]
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Connectivity
African Teleco Orange Adopts SES’s O3b mPOWER
African multi-service telecommunications operator Orange said it will be the first telco to adopt O3b mPOWER, SES’s Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) satellite communications system. The operator, which is present in […]
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Mobility
Iridium Says Certus Upgrade Doubles Top Download Speeds
Iridium Communications has announced that its Iridium Certus 700 service is commercially available. The company said that when Iridium Certus was first launched in early 2019, it provided L-band upload […]
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Finance
Telesat Revenue Holds Steady in 2019
Telesat released its financial results for the three-month and one-year periods that ended Dec. 31, 2019. For 2019, the Canadian satellite operator reported consolidated revenue of $911 million, which was […]
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Government/Military
DOD Modifies L3Harris Contract for ULV
The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded L3Harris Technologies a more than $14.6 million modification to a previously awarded contract issued by the Naval Information Warfare Systems Command. This $14,693,123 […]
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Technology
MIT Technology Review Names LEO Constellations Among Breakthrough Tech
Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellations were named among 10 Breakthrough Technologies for 2020 by MIT Technology Review in its March/April print issue. Other technologies named include Artificial Intelligence (AI) -designed […]
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Government/Military
Report: Boeing Didn’t Perform Full End-to-End Test of Starliner
In the weeks since Boeing flew its astronaut capsule on an ill-fated demo flight, questions about the company’s testing procedures prior to the mission have started to emerge — putting […]
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Technology
Northrop Grumman MEV Makes History with In-Orbit Satellite Docking
Northrop Grumman Corporation and its SpaceLogistics LLC subsidiary have successfully docked two commercial satellites in orbit, a historic first. The Mission Extension Vehicle-1 (MEV-1) was docked to the Intelsat 901 […]
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Finance
Kratos Reports Double-Digit Revenue Growth in Q4 2019
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions reported its Fourth Quarter (Q4) 2019, reporting $185.1 million in revenue, a 12.6% increase over Q4 2018. The company reported Q4 2019 net income of […]
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Finance
Iridium Reports Revenue, Subscription Growth in ‘Transition’ Year 2019
Iridium released its financial results for the Fourth Quarter (Q4) of 2019 on Tuesday, reporting a Q4 net loss of $107.9 million, but also Q4 total revenue of $138.9 million, […]
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Government/Military
Los Angeles Clears SpaceX to Build Spaceship in City
SpaceX’s roadmap to Mars now includes the Port of Los Angeles. The Los Angeles City Council approved a permit Tuesday that allows the Elon Musk-led company to use a site […]
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Connectivity
Microlab Rolls Out Ultra-Wideband Products for 5G Network Deployment
Microlab rolled out a portfolio of 5G Ultra-Wideband (UWB) products for sub-6 GHz deployments. The Wireless Telecom Group company said these products cover all existing commercial wireless bands, as well […]
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Mobility
Get SAT, Spacecom Demonstrate Mobile ISR Capabilities
Spacecom, which operates the AMOS satellite fleet, and Get SAT report that using AMOS-17’s steerable Ka-band High Throughput Satellite (HTS) beams and Get SAT’s miniaturized Micro-SAT satcom terminals, they have […]
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Mobility
Flyht to Provide SaaS to Azur Airline
Flyht Aerospace Solutions has received a $1.77 million purchase order for Software as a Service (SaaS) features FLYHTHealth and FLYHTMail from the airline Azur Havacilik A.S. (Azur), which is based […]
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Finance
Hughes Fears Indian Closure, Bank Disruptions over Unpaid Fees
U.S. satellite broadband provider Hughes Network Systems may have to shut its Indian operations due to unpaid levies owed to the government, which could put thousands of banking services at […]
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Connectivity
SMS Teleport to Provide Broadcast Services for Eutelsat
Eutelsat has selected Satellite Mediaport Services (SMS Teleport) to provide back-up teleport-based broadcast satellite services for its EUTELSAT 8 West B satellite. SMS Teleport said it is providing Eutelsat with […]
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Podcast
Rapid-Fire Inspiration — an SGx Preview with Karina Perez Molina
Just a few years ago, recent college graduate Karina Perez Molina met her first true mentor — former NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver, who inspired her to launch full force […]
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Connectivity
Hispasat, Claro Partner to Bring 3G and 4G to Argentina
Hispasat has signed an agreement with mobile network operator Claro Argentina to provide internet to 250 rural communities through a cellular backhaul service by satellite. Hispasat will provide the capacity […]





























