December 16, 2025
 

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Cailabs Partners With DataPath to Build Transportable Optical Ground Stations
Cailabs is working to bring transportable optical ground stations to market through a new agreement with DataPath to integrate its optical instruments onto DataPath’s transportable ground stations. Cailabs has signed an agreement valued up to $60.82 million with Datapath to integrate and deploy the first-unit produced Transportable Optical Ground Station (T-OGS) and the first lot of up to 12 production units.

This includes the production line, spare parts and logistics chain, operations and maintenance, and field service support to both commercial and government end users.  The companies held a signing ceremony Dec. 15 during the Department of Defense (DoD) Commercial…[continued]

Connectivity
Beeline Kazakhstan Completes Direct-to-Cell Call with Starlink in Central Asia
Beeline Kazakhstan, VEON’s digital operator in Kazakhstan, has completed the first Starlink Direct-to-Cell call in Central Asia. The call was conducted in the Akmolinskaya region…[continued]
Mobility
Abra Group Selects SES’s IFC Service for More Than 100 Aircraft
Latin American airline group Abra Group has selected SES’s in-flight connectivity (IFC) service to be rolled out on more than 100 aircraft, SES announced Monday. …[continued]
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Connectivity
Viasat Integrates Global Xpress Fleet Into Unified Ka-Band Network for Gov Users
Viasat has integrated the Global Xpress satellite fleet from Inmarsat, its Ka-band satellites, and partner satellites into a unified Ka-band network for government and military…[continued]
Government/Military
ICYMI: Space RCO Solicitation for Agile Space Effort Held Up By SBIR/STTR Funding Issue
ORLANDO, Fla. — The U.S. Space Force’s Space Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO) is preparing a request for proposals (RFP) around agile space capabilities, but it…[continued]
Podcast
On Orbit Podcast: Space Traffic Management for Security With Neuraspace CEO Chiara Manfletti
Is space crowded? Although there’s been such a large increase in satellites in orbit, it’s not a simple question. On Orbit revisits the question with Chiara…[continued]
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