E-letter: News Feed

As global space activity expands and accelerates, our space environment, naturally, becomes more congested. There have been nearly 9,000 satellites launched to date. Out of those 9,000, only 5,000 are […]

SES will create an open, standards-based network automation and service orchestration platform, built on Open Network Automation Platform (ONAP) and powered by Amdocs’ Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) technology. SES is the […]

LeoLabs revealed LeoTrack, a commercial satellite tracking service for smallsat and cubesat operators. LeoTrack, delivered as a web-based subscription, offers satellite operators a range of monitoring capabilities, including precision tracking of […]

Capella Space, an information services company that provides Earth Observation (EO) data on demand, entered into an agreement with Addvalue for use of its Inter-Satellite Data Relay System (IDRS) via Inmarsat‘s […]

Gilat Satellite Networks will provide aero antennas with an initial agreement for tens of millions of dollars to a Tier-1 business aviation service provider. This helps expand Gilat’s aero offering into […]

Ten years ago, our industry began to rethink the utility of the platform that had kicked off the space age, positing that smallsats offered untold commercial and scientific potential. While […]

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) significantly streamlined the application process for small satellites, providing an alternative, cheaper, and more flexible authorization process. Given recent innovation in the small satellite sector and […]

Ultra DTH signed a multiyear, multi-transponder agreement with Eutelsat Communications subsidiary Eutelsat Americas for capacity on the Eutelsat 65 West A satellite to support the launch of a white label Direct-to-Home (DTH) […]

A Mishap Investigation Board appointed by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) identified the most likely cause for an instrument issue aboard NOAA’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite […]

Qatar Airways, which was only launched in 1997, is one of the world’s fastest growing airlines and a pioneer in terms of In-Flight Connectivity (IFC). Ashi Hoseini, manager of Electronic […]

Telesat revealed its financial results for its Second Quarter (Q2) 2019, in which it reported consolidated revenues of $174.8 million ($231 million CAD), an increase of 9 percent compared to […]

Speedcast International was awarded a new multi-year contract to provide communications and onsite IT support services at four operations camps for Sasol‘s oil and gas exploration and well delivery camps […]

Flyht revealed that L3Harris Technologies extended its partnership and agreement to provide custom engineering services used in global voice and data satcom solutions. Flyht will customize L3Harris AFIRSTM 228S (Automated Flight […]

Gilat Satellite Networks subsidiary Wavestream received orders for over $7 million for the U.S. Army‘s Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T) program. WIN-T was established to provide connectivity via the U.S. Department of Defense […]

ST Engineering is determined to build one of the most important companies in satellite over the next few years. Its acquisition of Newtec is yet more evidence of an progressive […]

Eutelsat Communications reported its financial results for its full year 2018-2019, in which it saw a slight decrease in overall revenue. The company reported revenues of approximately $1.5 billion (1.3 […]

The government of Luxembourg and Canadian technology company NorthStar Earth and Space are a launching a “Clean Space” initiative to foster sustainability in space. The Clean Space initiative would evaluate […]

PHSAT Telecom Solutions chose the Hughes Network Systems‘ Jupiter System to enable internet services for its Small-to-Medium Enterprise (SME) customers. PHSAT, providing domestic and international telecommunication services to businesses throughout […]

Airbus was selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) to build the European component of the Solar Wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) satellite. SMILE will be the first joint […]

Intelsat reported total revenue of $509.4 million and net loss attributable to Intelsat S.A. of $529.7 million — compared to a net loss of $46.8 million for the same period […]

Dish Network reported its Second Quarter (Q2) 2019 financial results a week after the company announced entering the U.S. wireless market as the fourth nationwide network competitor. Dish’s revenues took a […]

NASA selected 10 U.S. companies for 19 partnerships to mature industry-developed space technologies. As NASA prepares to land humans on the Moon by 2024 with the Artemis program, commercial companies are […]

Speedcast International will deliver Ku-band Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) services for an additional six vessels in the Goodwood fleet, as well as providing voice services and enterprise applications with […]

The Russian military launched a Soyuz-2.1 carrier rocket today, carrying the Meridian communications satellite, according to the Defense Ministry’s Zvezda broadcasting service. The rocket lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome […]

Several U.S. satellite companies have joined together in protest of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s recently proposed rules and regulations on remote sensing. Executives from Maxar Technologies, Planet, HawkEye 360, […]

Mainstream Data, a satellite IP connectivity provider to underserved U.S. healthcare, banking, and enterprise customer is purchasing a third hub from ST Engineering iDirect, in order to expand its services using […]

France is accelerating plans to militarize its satellite technology, French Minister of Armed Forces Florence Parly said during a July 25 presentation of the European nation’s new space strategy. Parly’s plans […]

The British aerospace industry has stepped up plans for a Brexit exodus from the UK aviation regulator, as a second deadline for the UK leaving the EU without a deal looms. More […]

The three-way deal announced by T-Mobile, Sprint, and Dish on Friday was a catalyst moment that will completely change the wireless landscape, according to T-Mobile CEO John Legere. “With its […]

SES‘ data division is closing the gap between its growth rate and the operator’s Video segment losses. SES Networks reported double digit year-over-year growth in the operator’s first half 2019 financial results, […]