SpaceX’s Starlink broadband-by-satellite system is, somewhat later than expected, saying it now has more than 5 million “connections” and is now available in 125 countries and territories. The company said: “Starlink is being used by so many people, businesses, and organisations in more than 125 countries, territories, and other markets around the world, spanning all […]

Appaloosa LP, which manages funds holding more than 7 per cent economic interests in both SES and Intelsat submitted proxy, proposals urging the SES Board of Directors to take immediate steps to address shortfalls in corporate governance, capital allocation and management accountability. Some of its suggestions contain highly critical comments. Appaloosa, in a statement on […]

Rocket Lab, already highly successful with its rocket designs and launch programme, has introduced to the market a new concept for satellite design, which it calls “Flatellite”. The New Zealand (and New York)-based business says the new concept is designed for mass manufacture and specifically designed for large constellations of satellites. The move also reinforces […]

The post-results analysts call with SES senior management focused on two topics: The possibility of another C-band release of spectrum to the FCC and the state of the Intelsat $3.1 billion (€2.9bn) acquisition by SES and what the consequences would be if one of the parties walked away from the deal. The FCC is holding […]

Qatar Airways, the largest global airline to offer Starlink’s high-speed internet on board, has achieved a new milestone with the installation of Starlink on its 30th aircraft, equipping over 50 per cent of its Boeing 777 fleet. This achievement comes four months after the airline launched the first Boeing 777 Starlink-enabled flight and two months […]

SWISSto12, the Radio Frequency (RF) product and GEO small satellite manufacturer, has been selected by SES to develop large aperture electronically steered antennas for its customer user terminals for its second generation medium Earth orbit (MEO) constellation, O3b mPOWER. O3b mPOWER – operational since 2024 – is designed to bring high-performance connectivity to even the […]

Telesat and Intellian, a provider of satellite communication antennas and ground gateway solutions, have announced a contract award for Intellian to design and manufacture Ka-band flat panel User Terminals for the Telesat Lightspeed Low Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation. Under this agreement, fully optimised Ka-band LEO flat panels for the Telesat Lightspeed network are being designed […]

Luxembourg-based satellite operator SES says its overall revenue for the 2024 full year achieved a “solid financial performance leading to revenue at the top end of the financial outlook and exceeding SES’s objectives.” Overall revenue was at €2.001bn, down 0.9 per cent YOY. The operator’s Networks division saw revenue grow +2.9 per cent YOY with […]

The launch of two giant rockets will take place over the next few days. February 28th will see Elon Musk’s SpaceX launch its massive Starship rocket on its eighth test flight from its South Texas launch site. Meanwhile, in French Guiana, Arianespace’s new Ariane 6 rocket is now scheduled to launch its first commercial flight […]

US telcos AT&T and Verizon have followed Vodafone in Europe by testing video calls using AST SpaceMobile’s orbiting satellites. Verizon and AST successfully trialed a live video call between two mobile devices with one connected via satellite and the other connected via Verizon’s terrestrial network connection, whilst AT&T and AST also successfully completed another video […]