Kacific Broadband Satellites is working to bring a new internet service dedicated to businesses in the markets where it operates. It is launching a service called GigWiFi, a service that aims to combine Kacific’s Gigstarter and Community WiFi services, allowing businesses to connect office workers to a head office local area network (LAN), while providing…

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 States and India. The distribution agreement for the U.S. focuses on enterprise services, and the companies have reached an MOU to distribute services in India to large enterprises, government, telcos,…

Maxar Technologies has added two new subscribers to its Rapid Access Program (RAP). The National Institute of Aeronautics and Space of Indonesia (LAPAN) and the Colombian Air Force have each signed multi-million dollar contracts for the on-demand satellite imagery tasking program, Maxar announced Thursday.  RAP provides customers with a secure web interface to virtually task…

Malaysian satellite operator Measat was unable to salvage the Measat-3 satellite after it suffered an anomaly in late June. The company announced Friday that it is now in the process of de-orbiting the satellite, which will take place over the next few weeks. Measat still does not know the cause of the anomaly and said…