Focus: Australia
March 26, 2024
Eutelsat is bringing the OneWeb constellation to more customers in Australia and New Zealand. It is targeting Australia’s northern and southern regions, maritime services in Australian waters, and commercial services in New Zealand with its latest deal. The company has announced a multi-year, multi-million-dollar agreement with Sat One, a satellite service provider to bring connectivity…
February 22, 2024
Speedcast is deepening its relationship and support to the Northern Territory government in Australia. Speedcast will extend and expand the STARS (Satellite To All Remote Sites) program contract, providing connectivity services across hundreds of sites for the Northern Territory government (NTG). The company announced the expanded contract, Feb. 21. As part of the expanded scope,…
September 22, 2023
Australia’s leading space research center, SmartSat Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) has launched a new suite of new R&D projects and university appointments in support of the ACT Space Update 2023. These were unveiled in Canberra Sept. 23, bringing its joint investment in the ACT to over A$7 million ($4.49 million). One of two new research…
April 3, 2023
Australia has selected Lockheed Martin as the preferred bidder for the Australian Defence Satellite Communications System, known as JP9102, which will build the country a sovereign military satellite communications system. The Australian Defence Force (ADF) announced the award on April 3. Lockheed Martin Australia will move to the next stage of the procurement process. Lockheed…