Top Stories for the week of October 13, 2023

Telecom | October 11, 2023
SpaceX Aims to Offer Starlink Direct-to-Cell Text Service in 2024, IoT By 2025 
SpaceX is targeting direct-to-cell service that enables text messaging with the Starlink constellation in 2024, and voice and data and IoT service by 2025. SpaceX……[continued]
Business | October 12, 2023
Viasat to Recover Just 10% of ViaSat-3, No Plans for a Replacement Satellite
Viasat gave an update on the status of its ViaSat-3 satellite on Thursday, sharing that although it expects to recover less than 10% of the…...[continued]
Business | September 26, 2023
LEO, MEO, GEO: Operators Chart the Multi-Orbit Path Forward
Deep-water drilling is often a $10 million a day, mission-critical operation. If a signal drops, and an oil rig engineer can’t track their machinery for…...[continued]
Government/Military | October 10, 2023
Kymeta Debuts Hybrid GEO/LEO Military Terminal 
Kymeta is launching a new version of its u8 terminal — the Osprey u8 HGL — a hybrid Geostationary/Low-Earth Orbit (GEO/LEO) terminal for military users…...[continued]
Opinion | October 9, 2023
How Satellite Brings Smuggling Out of the Shadows
The longer you live, the more you realize how much of the world’s life takes place in the shadows. They are not good places, the…...[continued]
Launch | October 6, 2023
ULA Launches the First 2 Kuiper Prototype Satellites for Amazon 
United Launch Alliance (ULA) launched the first two prototype satellites for Project Kuiper on Friday, putting the first assets in space for Amazon’s Low-Earth Orbit…...[continued]
Government/Military | October 6, 2023
Northrop Grumman Receives $235 Million Contract for Next Gen OPIR Polar Satellites
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command has awarded Northrop Grumman a $235 million contract for the Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared (Next Gen OPIR) polar…...[continued]
Government/Military | October 11, 2023
US Space Force Preparing Evolved Strategic Satcom Solicitation
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) has released a draft solicitation for the future Evolved Strategic Satellite Communication system (ESS) to replace the Lockheed…...[continued]
Manufacture | October 5, 2023
NanoAvionics Is On the Cusp of Constellation Orders, CEO Buzas Says
One year after being acquired by Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace, smallsat manufacturer NanoAvionics is on the cusp of signing constellation contracts, CEO Vytenis Buzas told…...[continued]
Business | October 10, 2023
Tilebox Aims to Kickstart Space Data Revolution in Europe
European space startup Tilebox has a vision to radically improve how organizations manage and utilize space data. Co-founder and CCO Laura Costa recently spoke with…...[continued]
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