Microsoft is making a play to be the cloud platform of choice for the space industry as it unveiled Azure Space on Tuesday, which will bring together Azure technology and a network of industry partners like SpaceX. Microsoft plans to give its customers satellite connectivity via SpaceX’s Starink constellation, and connect Starlink with its new…

SpaceX launched another batch of 60 Starlink satellites on Sunday, Oct. 18 as it builds out its Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation to provide internet service.  A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the satellites took off from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 8:25 a.m. ET. The satellites were deployed about an…

Inmarsat revealed Thursday that it was awarded a new contract with Cobham Satcom to connect 732 fishing vessels in the Maldives to Inmarsat’s Fleet One maritime broadband services. The five-year contract includes the supply and maintenance of the Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) to include Fleet One satellite communications over L-band from Inmarsat, airtime and a…

Last week, the movers and shakers within the Russian space industry gathered virtually at SatComRus to talk about the future for satellite in Russia, and what the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic will have on this landscape. Oleg Dukhovnitskiy, Head of the Federal Communications Agency (FCA) in Russia said that satellite communications plays a big…