Subject to the usual weather considerations Arianespace is scheduled to launch 32 Amazon Leo satellites into orbit on April 28th. The launch will happen from the Spaceport at Kourou in French Guiana. The launch window is currently open from 10:51 am to 11:39 am (Paris time). This mission will be the second Ariane 6 launch […]

Astrova  – a Panasonic Avionics seat-back solution for aircraft – has entered service with Air Canada on one of its Airbus A321 aircraft. The flag carrier of Canada is retro-fitting Astrova on 19 A321 aircraft with the IFE solution also being installed on an additional 67 of the carrier’s fleet across a number of aircraft […]

Viasat Aviation, Türksat and SkyFive Arabia have announced plans to establish a strategic roaming collaboration aimed at advancing next-generation in-flight connectivity (IFC) solutions. This initiative is designed to support the evolving connectivity needs of airlines and aviation customers across Europe, Turkey and the Middle East-Africa, including more flexible route coverage, stronger service continuity, and a […]

Researchers at investment bank Morgan Stanley’s Space Team estimates that the roughly $350 billion (€296.9bn) global space industry could surge to over $1 trillion by 2040. Indeed, the team say “Space is the place” with institutional and private cash going into what it lists as the ‘Top 60’ space-related businesses worthy of an investment. The […]

Blue Origin, the rocket company owned by Jeff Bezos, was scheduled to launch an AST SpaceMobile satellite on April 18th. This is the first time a New Glenn booster has been reused. The launch has now slipped to April 19th and for lift-off window opens at 06.45am (Eastern Time) from Florida. In the event of […]

Amazon has confirmed that it will buy satellite operator Globalstar in a deal worth $11.57 billion (€9.8bn). The end result will be a satellite D2C service to rival that of Elon Musk’s Starlink. The deal documents show that Globalstar will continue to serve Apple and some of its iPhones with emergency coverage. The existing 20+ […]

Media regulator Ofcom has approved VodafoneThree’s request to use satellite technology to provide calls, texts and data to standard smartphones in the UK. Specifically, Ofcom has approved a request from VodafoneThree to amend one of the spectrum licences it holds so it can provide direct-to-device (D2D) services. This involves satellites in space beaming signals straight […]

Nelco. a Tata Group company and a satellite communication service provider, has signed an agreement with Eutelsat to deliver OneWeb low Earth orbit satellite connectivity services across the India region. Nelco will partner with OneWeb India Communications, Eutelsat’s local operating entity, to deliver secure, low-latency LEO connectivity for customers on land, at sea, and in […]

Airbus has been selected by Delta Air Lines to equip its 20 A350-1000s on order, leveraging Airbus’ HBCplus. In doing so, the airline became Airbus’ first North-American customer of its linefit offering. Airbus will work with Delta and Hughes to equip Delta’s A350-1000s with the multi-orbit in-flight connectivity (IFC) solution, co-developed by Delta and Hughes, […]

Japan Airlines (JAL) has selected SES, the leading space solutions company, to deliver new multi-orbit inflight connectivity (IFC) for its Airbus and Boeing long-haul fleet. Under the agreement, JAL will install SES’s multi-orbit electronically steered antenna (ESA) system on 20 Airbus A350-900 aircraft (linefit), 10 Boeing 787-9 aircraft (linefit) and 11 Boeing 787-9 aircraft (retrofit). […]