Orange and Eutelsat have announced the inauguration of a new teleport hosting Eutelsat’s satellite gateway in Martinique, in the presence of Laure de La Raudière, Chairwoman of ARCEP, the French regulator. This strategic project aims to strengthen satellite coverage for the OneWeb constellation in the Caribbean region. Located at Lamentin, this teleport, built and operated […]
Amazon’s broadband-by-satellite service, Project Kuiper, started launching its satellites in April. But a study by Analysys Mason says that even though only 153 Kuipers have been launched (out of a planned total of 3,232) the embryonic system is already topping Eutelsat’s OneWeb and has surpassed the 3.6 terabits/second that Eutelsat’s LEO system offers. Project Kuiper […]
Viasat’s latest satellite, the second in its planned fleet expansion, its ViaSat-3 F2 has its launch delayed by 24 hours. The craft should have launched during the late evening of November 5th from Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral on a giant United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket. ULA Launch Director James Whelan has announced that […]
Eutelsat is appointing a new CFO, Sébastien Rouge, who will replace Christophe Caudrelier. Rouge will start at Eutelsat on February 1st 2026 and join the firm’s Executive Committee under CEO Jean-François Fallacher. Rouge joins Eutelsat from Imerys, where as CFO, he has played a pivotal role in strengthening the Group’s financial performance and digital transformation. […]
Canadian satellite operator Telesat says it will have its first pair of Lightspeed low Earth orbiting satellites in orbit by the end of 2026. A total of 96 will then be launched during early 2027 to start a global broadband service. This first pair will test the system and validate the concept. Telesat has booked […]
Wi-Fi connectivity is a consumer expectation throughout the travel industry. From airports and hotels to airplanes and trains, Ookla has examined all of these just this year alone. Now Ookla has walked the gangway to the cruise ship industry to see what type of connectivity is offered on the seas. Data from Ookla’s Speedtest Intelligence, […]
FiberCop, the company running Italy’s most widespread digital network infrastructure, has signed a strategic partnership with FMC GlobalSat and its 100 per cent owned subsidiary MTNSat (MTN), a satellite network operator, to develop hybrid terrestrial-satellite solutions to deliver stable connectivity in remote areas across Italy. This agreement represents one of the first architectures of its […]
Reports from the Russian Space Web (RSW) say that heads continue to roll at Russia’s Roskosmos. The site says that the Director General at ISS Reshetnev, prime developer of military and communications satellites, is “voluntarily resigning”. On October 10th, Roskosmos announced that Evgeny Nesterov, the head of ISS Reshetnev, Russia’s prime developer of military and […]
Canada-based MDA Space is making a modest C$10 million (€6.1m) investment in Maritime Launch Services (MLS) as a precursor to becoming an equity owner and strategic partner in MLS. MDA makes satellites and key technology such as the robotic ‘Canada Arm’ used on past Space Shuttles and at the International Space Station. MLS has a […]
SpaceX’s global Starlink broadband network is currently listed as finally coming to the poorly served Falkland Islands, a British Overseas Territory, sometime in what’s left of 2025. Starlink’ activity map currently says “available now” for the Islands. The bad news, however, is that the service is already being used by hundreds of local customers who […]