E-letter: News Feed

Yahsat has entered into an agreement to acquire a majority stake in the mobile satellite services operator Thuraya. The acquisition of the UAE’s first home grown satellite operator, Thuraya, will […]

Northrop Grumman opened its fiscal year 2018 on Wednesday with solid results, driven by improved operating performance, lower taxes and a pension benefit, and the company upgraded its earnings outlook […]

Eutelsat Communications has finalized the staffing of its teams in charge of broadband activities with the appointment of Jean-Claude Tshipama to head broadband in Africa. In his new role as […]

NanoAvionics has signed a contract with Lacuna Space to support its in-orbit demonstration of an Internet of Things (IOT) communications network. NanoAvionics’ M6P satellite platform and mission integration services will […]

SES has expanded its technical reach in Ghana and now serves 4 million TV homes, compared to 2 million in 2015, according to SES’ annual market research, Satellite Monitor. The […]

DirecTV continues to lose satellite TV subscribers, but its streaming service has grown to nearly 1.5 million subscribers, somewhat cushioning the blow for owner AT&T. More than 312,000 DirecTV Now […]

The seventh Sentinel satellite from the European Earth observation program Copernicus has been placed into space following the successful launch on April 25. The 1,150kg Sentinel-3B satellite was carried into […]

Effective Space, a U.K.-headquartered company providing last-mile logistics in space, has announced a strategic partnership with ArianeGroup for the provision of electric propulsion systems for its Space Drone spacecraft. The […]

Globalstar has signed a merger agreement with Thermo Acquisitions, following which Globalstar will acquire assets including metro fiber provider FiberLight, 15.5 million shares of common stock of CenturyLink, $100 million […]

Azuri Technologies, provider of pay-as-you-go solar TV packages in Kenya, has announced a partnership with StarTimes to bring wider choice of content to its off-grid customers. The partnership will see […]

Arianespace has announced the delay of flight VA243 tasked to carry the Indian Space Research Organization’s (ISRO) GSAT-11 satellite into orbit. The delay is caused by additional technical checks needed […]

Intelsat General, a wholly owned subsidiary of Intelsat, will distribute television and radio programing to U.S. servicemen and women stationed around the world, working with the support of three other […]

For a moment, let me take you back to the satellite telecommunications industry in 2008. Times were splendid. Satellite operators could count on sky-high Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and […]

Former U.S. Rep. Jim Bridenstine, R-Okla., formally became NASA’s 13th administrator April 23, four days after his controversial nomination narrowly cleared the Senate. During a swearing-in ceremony at NASA headquarters […]

Deimos Imaging and UrtheCast have won a GSA Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) 070 contract by the United States General Services Administration (GSA), the procurement arm of the federal government. The five-year […]

Inmarsat has signed a contract with China Transport Telecommunication Information Group Company Limited (CTTIC) to build a local SwiftBroadband-Safety (SB-S) satellite communication operation platform in China. In addition, Inmarsat, CTTIC […]

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has completed full system and “ready for launch” pre-flight testing of its Orbital Test Bed (OTB) satellite. OTB will launch as part of the U.S. […]

Boeing has announced its investment in Morf3D, a company specializing in metal-based additive engineering and manufacturing, and 3D-printed parts for aerospace applications. Since Morf3D was established in late 2015, the […]

Satellite and terrestrial communications provider Peraton has announced that the acquisition of Strategic Resources International (SRI) has been completed. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. This acquisition allows […]

Luxembourg is one of the smallest countries in Europe, yet it has long been at the centre of the space industry. In some ways, this is a quite remarkable fact. […]

Marlink has announced a partnership with pure-play engineering services company L&T Technology Services (LTTS) to deliver new Internet of Things (IOT) solutions using satellite networks for extended connectivity in the […]

Arianespace has announced that it will launch BSAT-4b as part of a turnkey contract between Japanese satellite operator B-SAT and Maxar’s California-based satellite manufacturer SSL. Since the creation of B-SAT, […]

DigitalGlobe, a Maxar Technologies company, has announced that with the complete integration of its WorldView-4 satellite imagery into SecureWatch, the company’s cloud-based Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) platform, customers can now access […]

NewSpace is finding a home in Glasgow, Scotland with companies such as Spire and Clyde Space thriving in the country as government funding continues to flow. The University of Glasgow […]

Historically, traditional space has not been able to such as India and China due to various restrictions that fall within the ambit of several political, economic, social, and technological barriers. […]

David Hartshorn, secretary general of the Global VSAT Forum (GVF) for two decades, has surprisingly decided to step down. The GVF announced Hartshorn’s shock resignation on April 19. The GVF […]

Raytheon announced it has built two small, Polar Scout satellites for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in partnership with Millennium Engineering and Integration. The satellites have flexible radio frequency […]

NanoRacks is partnering with Altec and Thales Alenia Space to pursue further opportunities at the International Space Station (ISS). To do this, NanoRacks will be staffing its first formal European-based […]

RigNet aims to strengthen its position in the oil and gas market with two major new acquisitions in the United States: Automation Communications Engineering (Auto-Comm), a diversified telecommunications services company, […]

Comtech Systems, a subsidiary of Comtech Telecommunications, has announced some key new business in Asia. The company, which is part of Comtech’s Government Solutions segment, has received orders of approximately […]