Saudi Arabia’s multi-billion sovereign wealth fund created Neo Space a year ago, and while it is keen on developing space-based technology for Earth observation and other applications it does not see direct-to-cellular from space as being economic – at least for the time being. However, according to an interview in Space Intel Report, Neo Space […]
AST SpaceMobile (AST), a would-be supplier of direct-to-consumer cellular telephony from space, has told the FCC that it will have 243 of its BlueBird satellites in orbit by the end of 2028. The schedule will see 100 working in orbit by the end of next year, then 72 additional craft each year until 2028. AST […]
The good news for Canada-based satellite operator Telesat is that its backlog for its Lightspeed mega-constellation is likely to be worth more than C$1.1 billion (€0.7bn) by the end of this year. The bad news is that the first Lightspeed low Earth orbiting satellite will not be orbited until the end of 2026 and service […]
Analysts at investment bank BNP-Paribas, in a note following the news that CEO Eva Berneke is to be replaced, sid that the company’s guidance that reaffirmed the previous expectations for the year’s trading which ends on June 30th is good news. French business newspaper La Tribune saidthat Eutelsat’s “fragile situation has become a top priority […]
Discover Airlines, a subsidiary of Lufthansa, will be fitted with multi-orbit antennas on its long-haul aircraft and able to deliver broadband speeds of up to 200 Mb/s connection. Panasonic will start the installs this autumn and will use satellite capacity from Eutelsat’s OneWeb fleet. Discover Airlines is already offering Lufthansa’s FlyNet wifi on most of […]
GovSat is a joint-venture between the Luxembourg government and local satellite operator SES. The satellite, which focuses its capacity on European military and the need for highly-secure communications, was launched in 2018. Although its concept was looked at with some scepticism it has proved to be highly successful and now Luxembourg’s Minister of Defence Yuriko […]
Satellite operator Thaicom has announced its financial results for Q1 2025. In the quarter, the company generated a core profit of Baht 144 million (€3.8m), representing a significant increase of Baht 124 million from Q4 2024 and an increase of Baht 132 million from Q4 2024. – and surpassing the full year 2024 core profit […]
According to analysis from Novaspace, SpaceX generated an estimated $11.8 billion (€10.4bn) in revenue in 2024, with Starlink overtaking its space transportation division for the first time. The company’s long-awaited profitability milestone is being driven by the steady maturation of its connectivity business and a launch model now optimised for reuse. While not unexpected, the […]
Eutelsat CEO Eva Berneke is stepping down from the company. The market responded by seeing Eutelsat’s share price rise by 12.5 per cent on May 5th to €4.50 and at one point to €4.67. But incoming CEO Jean-François Fallacher has to face some heavyweight challenges when he officially joins on June 1st. Fallacher’s background is […]
There’s no firm date for Starship #9 to launch as yet following the partly successful Flight #8 in March, but engineers and technicians are busy at the Boca Chica launch site in South Texas in preparation. But there’s a potential problem which could cause a delay to an expected late-May test flight. SpaceX shipped the […]