Top Stories for the week of September 17, 2021

Shell Taps Hiber for Satellite IoT Monitoring Solution

Hiber, the Dutch satellite Internet of Things (IoT) company, has signed a breakthrough deal with one of the world’s largest oil companies. It will provide…

September 14, 2021

Broadband

OneWeb and Hughes Sign Service Distribution Agreements for US, India

Hughes Network Systems has agreed to distribute OneWeb capacity to its customers in two agreements announced Thursday, Sept. 9 at SATELLITE 2021 for the United…

September 10, 2021

Ground Systems

Satcube, Forsway Execs Detail Swedish LEO Terminal Project

A group of major Swedish technology companies that recently formed a partnership expects to have prototype low-cost satellite terminals for Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) ready for…

September 14, 2021

Business

BlackSky Is Now Trading After SPAC Merger Completion

Space-based geospatial intelligence company BlackSky is now trading on the New York Stock Exchange after completing its special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger on Sept…

September 13, 2021

Broadband

Tom Choi Looks to Challenge the Boundaries of Low-Cost GEO With Swissto12 Collaboration

While progress with the man Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellations continues, there are still some exciting things going on in Geostationary Orbit (GEO). SWISSto12, a provider…

September 16, 2021

wolfSSL Cybersecurity Software Solutions

wolfSSL is an embedded, lightweight cybersecurity software package for satellite applications. We have a long history of providing cryptographic security for defense systems, and more recently, secure boot and secure communications for satellite systems. FIPS 140-2 available!

Broadband

Sunil Bharti Mittal Announces OneWeb Strategic Agreement With AT&T

In an electrifying keynote to start the second day of SATELLITE 2021, Sunil Bharti Mittal, chairman of Bharti Enterprises, announced a breakthrough partnership between OneWeb…

September 8, 2021

Launch

SpaceX Resumes Starlink Launches With Optical Link-Equipped Satellites

SpaceX resumed Starlink launches on Monday, launching a batch of 51 Starlink satellites to Polar Orbit, equipped with optical inter-satellite links. The Falcon 9 rocket…

September 14, 2021

Innovation

SpaceLink Signs On for Next-Gen Mynaric Laser Terminal

SpaceLink has signed on as the second customer for Mynaric’s recently announced next-generation optical communications terminal, the CONDOR Mk 3. Mynaric and SpaceLink announced Thursday,…

September 10, 2021