Focus: Future-Looking
July 2, 2020
Sky Perfect JSAT (JSAT) is considering a long-term play in several new markets, including the Earth Observation (EO) and data analytics markets, JSAT Executive Officer and Group President of Global Business Mitsutoshi Akao told Via Satellite. JSAT, Asia's largest satellite operator based in Japan, is working closely with U.S.-based imagery analytics companies Planet and Orbital…
June 26, 2020
The satellite industry is sometimes difficult to understand. OneWeb recently filed for bankruptcy, letting go of most of its staff, but not long after filed for an expansion of their fleet to 48,000 satellites. In 2015, OneWeb announced that its constellation would comprise 1,600 satellites, but later brought that total number of spacecraft down to…
June 24, 2020
As airlines slowly begin flying again, many are starting to look at the In-Flight Entertainment and Connectivity (IFEC) technologies they have been investing in from a different perspective than prior to the COVID-19 global pandemic. During the first session of the 2020 Global Connected Aircraft Cabin Chats series on Monday, IFEC leaders from Air Canada…
June 23, 2020
PredaSAR Corporation plans to launch a constellation of 48 commercial Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites across multiple orbits to service government and commercial clients, the company announced June 18. PredarSAR says its constellation will be the largest SAR constellation. In March, the company announced it had completed a $25 million seed financing round, led by…