February 11, 2025
 

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In This Issue: T-Mobile's Starlink Beta Includes iPhones | Sen. Blumenthal Looking Into Conflicts of Interest in DOGE/SpaceX Work | MDA Space Receives $768M Contract to Manufacture for Globalstar | Space Norway Invests in New Satellite THOR 8 | Airbus to Manufacture Oberon Synthetic Aperture Radar Satellites for MOD 
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T-Mobile's Starlink Beta Includes iPhones and Other Carriers
T-Mobile went big promoting its direct-to-cell partnership with SpaceX’s Starlink constellation in a Super Bowl ad on Sunday night. The mobile network operator revealed details……[continued]
Government/Military
Sen. Blumenthal Looking Into Possible Musk Conflicts of Interest in DOGE/SpaceX Work
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., the ranking member of the investigations panel of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and a senior Democrat……[continued]
Manufacturing
MDA Space Receives $768M Contract to Manufacture Satellites for Globalstar’s New LEO Constellation
MDA Space signed a $1.1 billion Canadian dollar ($768 million) contract with Globalstar to be the prime contractor for the operator’s next generation Low-Earth Orbit……[continued]
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Manufacturing
Space Norway Invests in New Satellite THOR 8
Space Norway has ordered a new Geostationary Orbit (GEO) satellite – THOR 8, well over a decade after it signed a contract for THOR 7.……[continued]
Government/Military
Airbus to Manufacture Oberon Synthetic Aperture Radar Satellites for MOD
The U.K. Ministry of Defense (MoD) awarded Airbus a contract to design and build two synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites as part of the Oberon……[continued]
Finance
ICYMI: Viasat Posts Aviation Momentum, Expects Maritime Growth in FY ‘26
Viasat’s Aviation business grew revenue, backlog, and aircraft in service in the third quarter, while company leadership targets a return to growth for its declining……[continued]
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