Elon Musk’s businesses may be melting down in value (Tesla stock fell 15 per cent on March 10th, and is down 41 per cent this year) but his SpaceX company is still winning contracts for its Starlink broadband system. But reports suggest Dubai-based Emirates airline has chosen to equip its complete fleet with Starlink direct-to-passenger […]
Eutelsat Group and Türksat have announced a new “multi-million-dollar, multi-year agreement” for Ka band services on Eutelsat’s Konnect VHTS satellite. Under the agreement, Türksat will leverage multiple beams over Europe to provide services to airlines. Türksat delivering multiple satellite connectivity solutions over its own fleet, as well as third party satellites. Konnect VHTS entered into […]
Rivada Space Networks used the Washington Satellite 2025 show to announce that it would launch “demonstration” satellites in 2026, and offer “full Outernet service delivery by late 2027” according to CEO Declan Ganley. Reports from the show – although not confirmed – say that the test satellites are already in production at Terran Orbital, now […]
SES and Intelsat have both invested in Lynk Global, a satellite operator providing Direct-to-Device communications using low Earth orbiting satellites. The announcement was made at the Satellite 2025 show in Washington DC. SES and Intelsat are in the process of combining their assets, with SES in the final stages of acquiring Intelsat. SES and Lynk […]
Viasat of California, which already circles the globe with its fleet of Viasat and Inmarsat geostationary satellites, is to build a low Earth orbiting (LEO) fleet. Viasat will partner with Abu Dhabi-based Space42 which operates the profitable Thuraya fleet of speciality satellites. The agreement was announced at the Washington Satellite 2025 show. Space42 has signed […]
Orange and Telesat have partnered to offer new satellite connectivity options through a strategic commercial partnership. Under the agreement, a Telesat Lightspeed Landing Station will be hosted at Orange’s teleport in Bercenay-en-Othe, France, and benefit from ground segment connectivity with their point of presence (PoP) located in Paris over Orange Wholesale International Private Line (IPL). […]
Kacific Broadband Satellites Group and PAKSAT are partnering to expand high-speed, affordable satellite internet across Pakistan, where over 54 per cent of the population lacks reliable broadband. Leveraging 11 Ka-band spot beams on the Paksat MM1 satellite, this partnership will bridge the digital divide and support the country’s growing connectivity needs. With high-throughput capacity for […]
Intellian Technologies and Eutelsat Group have announced that the new Enterprise Flat Panels are now available exclusively on Eutelsat’s OneWeb LEO network. Featuring the OW11FL (Land Fixed), OW11FV (Land Mobility) and OW11FM (Maritime) – the new series uses Intellian’s antenna technology to deliver enterprise-grade connectivity, enabling end users to receive fast, dependable connectivity anywhere in the world for business-critical communications. […]
Elon Musk has written on his social media platform X to complain that his Starlink satellite internet service is “not allowed to operate in South Africa because I’m not black”. The controversial posting immediately drew strong criticism from X users, including Clayson Monyela, South Africa’s head of public diplomacy, who branded it as “not true” […]
Investment bank Goldman Sachs has dramatically upgraded its view on Eutelsat’s prospects, from ‘Sell’ to ‘Neutral’. The bank admits that its previous advice to ‘Sell’ was “the wrong call”. “With the recent EC announced proposal to establish a loan fund of up to €150bn to support European defence spend, Eutelsat shares have risen materially (c.+550% […]