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 African Market for Satellite Services Offers Pent Up Demand With a large landmass of 11.7 million square miles, Africa has been a challenging place to set up satellite services. But that is changing. As of September, 2025, more than 21 African countries have established space programs and 18 have launched at least one satellite, according to the Africa Center for Strategic Studies. Now the real work of digital inclusion, enterprise application, and national development connecting millions of Africans begins, industry experts shared during SATShow Week. Africa is one of the fastest growing satellite markets in the world with limited terrestrial infrastructure and growing demand for connectivity. African nations and…[continued] |
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| Connectivity Live in the Booth: Matt Desch Talks Iridium NTN Direct and Alt PNT Advances https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdhEXz2zc2k This year, Iridium is rolling out Iridium NTN Direct, which CEO Matt Desch says will make Iridium the first narrow-band satellite IoT service that…[continued] |
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| Finance Amazon in Talks to Buy Globalstar, According to FT Report Amazon is reportedly in discussions with Globalstar to potentially acquire the company. Financial Times (FT) reported first broke the news in an article published Wednesday evening.…[continued] |
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| Technology Redwire Wins European Quantum Satellite Contract Redwire has a won a new quantum-secure satellite contract in Europe. It will develop a quantum-secure satellite under the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Quantum Key…[continued] |
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| Government/Military Gravitics Receives Strategic Funding Increase From SpaceWERX Gravitics has received a Strategic Funding Increase (STRATFI) contract from SpaceWERX, the U.S. Space Force’s innovation arm, to accelerate development and demonstration of its Orbital…[continued] |
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| Connectivity Canada’s Northwestel to Provide Broadband With Telesat Lightspeed Capacity Canadian telco Northwestel has signed on for a multi-year contract for capacity from Telesat’s Lightspeed constellation to provide broadband services. Northwestel operates in Canada’s North,…[continued] |
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