Rocket Lab, the launch company founded by Sir Peter Beck and based mainly in New Zealand, has filed to raise $750 million (€636m) of fresh cash in the form of Common Stock. The move will dilute shareholder value by a modest 3 per cent but take the rocket-builder’s cash at hand to some $1.5 billion. […]

GSOA has announce the appointment of Ali Al Hashemi, CEO of Space Services at Space42, as its new Chair of the Board, alongside two new Vice Chairs: Adel Al-Saleh, CEO of SES, and Jane Nkechi Egerton-Idehen, CEO of NIGCOMSAT. GSOA represents the full satellite ecosystem, from established operators to emerging innovators across all orbits and […]

The market was expecting Arianespace to launch six of its giant Ariane 62 rocket this year. That will not happen. Arianespace CEO David Cavailloles told delegates at the Novaspace World Satellite Business Week in Paris that it has been a “perfect year” from a delivery point of view, and that two planned launches would happen […]

BT Group has announced that, with immediate effect, Sunil Bharti Mittal, Founder and Chairman of Bharti Enterprises, and Gopal Vittal, Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Bharti Airtel Limited, will join the Board of BT Group as non-independent non-executive directors. Mittal and Vittal will join the Board pursuant to a relationship agreement as the nominated […]

AALTO, an Airbus subsidiary that manufactures, operates and delivers services using Zephyr, has launched its ‘Be the Interface’ campaign, an call-out for partners to collaborate on the development, integration and commercialisation of payloads. With Zephyr’s capabilities demonstrated over more than two decades, AALTO is preparing for initial commercial operations in 2026. As part of the […]

Es’hailSat, the Qatar Satellite Company, and Saudi Netlink have signed a joint cooperation and strategic partnership agreement for the purpose of providing joint satellite services across both their customer base located in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and spread across the Middle East and North Africa region. This partnership allows the customers of both companies to leverage […]

The US cellular businesses of AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile have had their market presence threatened if not actually dented by the recent moves by EchoStar and Musk’s Starlink. The move by EchoStar in selling off large chunks of spectrum to AT&T (for terrestrial) and Starlink (for satellite) has put the whole sector under the microscope. […]

Amazon’s broadband-by-satellite Project Kuiper rolled out its next batch of satellites on September 12th ready for a planned launch next week, likely on September 25th subject to the usual weather and last-minute technical needs. The 27-craft payload, also known as Kuiper Atlas 3, is part of Amazon’s effort to quickly deploy its satellite Internet constellation […]

Analysts at investment bank TD Cowen have issued a note to clients saying that positive news from EchoStar could continue to flow. “EchoStar still owns the highly lucrative 700 and AWS-3 spectrum, in which we note that all three wireless carriers have a robust ecosystem,” TD Cowen analyst Gregory Williams wrote in a note for […]

Mobile network provider giffgaff, which is owned by Telefónica and uses O2’s associated virtual operator (MVNO) platform, has officially rolled out its full-fibre broadband products – which are powered by nexfibre and Virgin Media’s networks – in the UK. “We’re delighted to see giffgaff’s broadband rolling out across our network,” said Rajiv Datta, CEO of nexfibre. […]