Eutelsat CEO Rodophe Belmer sat alongside the CEOs of his former partners in the C-Band Alliance (SES, Intelsat and Telesat) on a conference panel and his comments were blunt as he told delegates to Euroconsult’s World Satellite Business Week in Paris that the other members of the Alliance were not listening to Eutelsat and its […]
OneWeb wants to place an initial 650 low-orbiting broadband satellites into space. It has already raised $3.4 billion (€3bn) in funding – but needs more. OneWeb reportedly needs some $5 billion to get its fleet built and launched, and to start supplying its broadband-by-satellite service to unserved users around the planet. The company has already […]
Syntelix, the satellite telecommunications solutions provider, specialised in remote environments and mobility communications, has chosen Hispasat, the Spanish satellite telecommunications operator, to bring its connectivity solutions to the American maritime market. Demand in the maritime connectivity market is defined by accentuated peaks and seasonal variation. Hispasat and Syntelix have therefore developed USAIL, the most efficient […]
Airlines that have successfully installed connected cabins have an immediate opportunity to win $33 billion (€29.88bn) in market share from competitors. That is the conclusion of new economic modelling from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) in association with global mobile satellite communications provider Inmarsat. The report, Sky High Economics – Chapter […]
The answer to the question is: the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), stupid! Which technically is correct except to say that the FCC tries to act according to a set of rules, key to which is its ‘priority’ system. The rules are straightforward enough. If a satellite operator gets its craft to a position where it […]
In Flight Entertainment and connectivity operator Gogo has signed a contract with Shenzhen-based APT’s Apstar-6D for coverage over China and the Asia-Pacific region. Gogo is partnering with APT’s Mobile Satcom division to provide inflight connectivity (IFC) service for Chinese airlines with Gogo’s 2Ku connectivity solution. Apstar-6D will be launched later this year. Gogo says it […]
Elon Musk’s SpaceX, in an application filing to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), is asking if it can dramatically modify its previously approved orbital plans. Musk wants the SpaceX’s fleet of ‘Starlink’ satellites to triple the number of orbital planes, each at 550 kms high. In essence, the plan is for 72 orbital rings circling […]
Satellite operator SES used the Paris Space Business Week event to announce it had selected SpaceX to launch its seven Medium Earth Orbit craft for its O3b division in 2021. The satellites are under construction at Boeing. While not confirmed as yet, it is possible that the satellites could be launched in batches of three […]
Aerospace giant Boeing used the opening of the Euroconsult World Satellite Business Week in Paris to outline its plans for a new range of satellites. The new versions are Boeing 702X, a direct follow-on from its well-established Boeing 702 variants which have flowed out of its El Segundo facility since 1997. Boeing 702X is based […]
Russia’s President Putin says he is interested in allowing foreign investment in the country’s new rocket and satellite launch site at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Far East of Russia. Bloomberg reported that Putin, speaking at an Economic Forum in Vladivostok, told delegates that he was ready to invite foreign partners to help develop the […]