The recent European Commission move to prioritise European operators in allocating spectrum for direct-to-device connectivity services, the development of Europe’s IRIS² constellation, and Germany’s planned €35 billion investment in defence space capabilities are all part of Europe’s strategic push to reduce its reliance on foreign space services. Experts argue, however, that building infrastructure is only […]

Morgan Stanley was just one of the many banks which initiated or issued updated guidance for SpaceX following the ending of the ‘quiet period’ for the rocket-to-broadband business. Morgan Stanley was enthusiastic and give SpaceX an ‘Overweight’ rating, and said it expects SpaceX to outperform most investments on Wall Street and sees 90 per cent […]

SpaceX is currently permitted to launch its giant Starship on July 14th for the rocket’s 13th flight. However, this is a provisional Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) date, which might slip. The FAA issued its formal Notices to Aircraft (NOTAM) that the primary launch time stated is at 5.45 pm (Texas Time), with a backup the […]

SpaceX, in the January 1st to June 30th 2026 period, has had its best-ever half-year in terms of launch numbers. In 2025, for the complete 12 months, SpaceX launched 3,180 Starlink satellites, and 1,489 in the January-June half-year. In the first half of 2026 alone, the company launched 1,589 satellites — 100 more than the […]

Bangladesh has granted permission to SpaceX’s Starlink broadband system to “export” its services to neighbouring countries. Those neighbouring nations could include India. The approval allows Starlink to export International Private Leased Circuit (IPLC) links to carry unfiltered internet traffic from Bangladesh to neighbouring nations, marking the first time the government has formally permitted such an […]

Would-be Scottish rocket launch company, Orbital Express Launch (Orbex), which went into bankruptcy administration in February, went bust with just £689,000 (€807k) in the bank out of the £138.5 million raised in grant and equity funding. The cash raised included securing £76 million of public money with the UK government putting in £26 million and […]

SES’s wholly-owned subsidiary, SES Space & Defense, has won a five-year Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) with the US Space Force’s Space Systems Command to provide reliable and secure managed satellite services. This deal enables the Department of War (DoW) to quickly order global Ku-band connectivity, helping people stay connected and protected, even in the world’s […]

South Korea, already one of the best-equipped countries on the planet in terms of fibre connections (and where an estimated 99 per cent of users have 4G or 5G cellular access) is going ahead with its own satellite low Earth orbing broadband system. Korea’s Economic Daily news says that the South Korean government wants the […]

Would-be global cellular connectivity business AST SpaceMobile says that speeds of hundreds of Mb/s will be deployed in 5G via its Block 2 BlueBird satellites. “AST SpaceMobile has already demonstrated in its Block 1 satellites speeds of 98 Mbps. With our Block 2 satellites, with the largest phased-array antennas in low earth orbit, we will […]

The Communications and Information network Association of Japan (CIAJ) has published extra information on the proposed Japan and AST SpaceMobile scheme for a Japanese-backed low earth orbiting constellation of broadband satellites. The CIAJ manual provides the clearest official detail yet on how the Rakuten/AST (RAST) satellite project will be funded. The manual confirms a maximum […]