Focus: Energy

Flexell Space and Kongsberg NanoAvionics will jointly supply solar arrays for K-LEO, South Korea’s sovereign Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) national security constellation, Flexell said in a statement on Wednesday. Hanwha Systems […]

Orbital energy startup Mantis Space emerged from stealth this morning with a $10 million seed round of funding, the company said on Thursday. Rule 1 Ventures and Montauk Capital led […]

Amazon Leo has two new enterprise customers in logistics and energy operations, announcing deals for Crane Worldwide Logistics and Hunt Energy to adopt its satellite connectivity.  Amazon recently rebranded its […]

Offshore connectivity provider Tampnet secured a five-year contract to supply managed connectivity services for the Island Drilling offshore rig Island Innovator. The service includes Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite backhaul from […]

The nature of the offshore energy sector, particularly for oil and gas, means that companies often explore for resources in very remote areas around the world, sometimes in extremely harsh […]

Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (Kongsberg) won a new contract in the maritime surveillance arena. It has been tapped by the European Space Agency (ESA) to deliver space-based maritime surveillance services […]

Viasat is launching a managed satellite connectivity service designed for remote oil and gas customers in the energy industry. The enterprise-grade managed service announced Tuesday will integrate Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) […]

Es’hailSat has won a new capacity deal with Viasat Energy Services, a business unit of Viasat. Viasat Energy Services is securing capacity on multiple transponders on the Es’hail-1 satellite located […]

Gilat Satellite Networks (Gilat) has won a new contract in the lucrative Brazilian oil and gas market. It announced Oct. 20 that it was selected by Sencinet to work on […]

PARIS — Speedcast signed a deal to offer SpaceX’s Starlink internet service to enterprise and maritime customers, the companies announced Tuesday during World Satellite Business Week in Paris. This is SpaceX’s […]

Axess Networks signed a multi multi-year, multi-million agreement to serve its mining sector users with SES’s smart mining service via O3b mPOWER.  SES’s smart mining service — Onshore Energy & […]

Hiber won a new deal in the oil and gas sector with Santos, a large oil and gas producer and exporter in Papua New Guinea. Hiber announced Wednesday that Santos […]

Energy infrastructure company Energy Transfer has selected Orbital Sidekick to monitor its assets in the Permian Basin with satellite technology. Orbital Sidekick’s hyperspectral monitoring technology will allow Energy Transfer to […]

Avanti Communications will team up with Viasat to support the connectivity needs of Viasat’s customers in the energy sector. Capacity from Avanti’s fleet of HYLAS Ka-band satellites will be used […]

Satellite service provider Marlink has expanded its long-term partnership with SES for dedicated capacity on the O3b mPOWER constellation. SES and Marlink announced the multi-year, multi-million-euro deal on Wednesday.  Marlink […]

Satellite service provider Marlink has joined OneWeb’s distribution partner program and will offer OneWeb’s connectivity to the maritime, energy, enterprise, and humanitarian sectors. The companies announced Monday they initially plan […]

Hughes Network Systems announced Tuesday that it signed an eight-year service contract with Network Services Solutions (NSS) to upgrade, expand and manage a satellite monitoring network for one of NSS’ […]

Brazilian power company Oliveira Energia has selected Speedcast to provide connectivity service to 42 power plants in Brazil’s Amazonas state. Speedcast’s Brazilian entity SC Caprock will deliver service under the […]