Last week’s news that Eutelsat 5 West B could only work at about half-capacity because of a failed solar array had one important slice of good news. The ‘hosted payload’ on the craft which comprised the GEO-3 apparatus needed to provide a portion of the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay System (EGNOS) is still working nominally. […]
OneWeb’s mega-constellation will be switched on before the end of this year, at least for some customers. On February 7th OneWeb will launch 34 satellites into orbit, and during the course of this year will make many other similar launches in order to supply broadband services to commercial and consumer user. OneWeb confirmed last week […]
Last week a fresh submission to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) was made by the C-Band Alliance. Investment bank Exane/BNPP has issued its own review of the action, and says “CBA is back on track” with its new proposal. Moreover, the bank’s satellite analyst Sami Kassab has rated both SES and Eutelsat as “OUTPERFORM” stock. […]
The C-Band Alliance (CBA) has filed a comprehensive 16-page statement with the FCC that pulls no punches in its argument for a fair commercial reward for reallocating 280 MHz of its satellite spectrum over the US, for use by 5G operators. Currently the FCC says it will itself manage an auction of the spectrum, and […]
OneWeb, the global communications company whose goal is to connect everyone everywhere, has announce a new distributor partnership with Pacific Dataport (PDI), a company founded by Microcom – a supplier of satellite communication systems in Alaska. The collaboration will enable delivery of OneWeb’s high speed, low latency, communications services across Alaska. PDI’s distribution agreement with […]
Eutelsat 5 West B satellite, which was launched in October 2019 with one of its solar arrays non-functioning, has been saved. Eutelsat has confirmed the problem but says about 45 per cent of the satellite’s planned capacity can still be used. The satellite is insured for €173 million. The satellite will come into service later […]
The Eutelsat Konnect satellite was successfully launched into Geostationary Transfer Orbit by Arianespace using an Ariane 5 rocket that lifted off from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana, at 9.05 pm Universal Time on January 16th. The separation of the all-electric satellite occurred after a 27-minute flight and the spacecraft systems checkout was […]
In-flight connectivity specialists Gogo has signed an agreement with Madid-based satellite operator Hispasat on its upcoming Amazonas Nexus craft. Gogo has leased multi-gigahertz of Ku-band capacity onboard Hispasat’s new craft, which is not likely to launch until later in 2022. The capacity will provide service to Gogo’s customers in the Americas and the Atlantic region. […]
SpaceX’s Florida launch team are only just recovering from their January 6th work when 60 ‘Starlink’ satellites were sent into Low Earth orbit. They are gearing up for sending another 60 into orbit next week. Currently, the plan is to launch around January 20th, which itself will be barely two days after the launch of […]
OneWeb, the global communications company whose goal is to connect everyone everywhere, has announced a new distributor partnership with Pacific Dataport (PDI), a company founded by Microcom – a supplier of satellite communication systems in Alaska. The collaboration will enable delivery of OneWeb’s high speed, low latency, communications services across Alaska. This agreement marks a […]