Qatar Satellite Company together with World Teleport Association (WTA) have announced that Es’hailSat has achieved Tier 4 certification of its Al Ghuwayriyah (Doha, Qatar) Teleport under WTA’s Teleport Certification Programme. The Al Ghuwayriyah certification marks the 69th issued since the programme was launched at IBC 2015, and another 5 teleports are currently engaged in the […]

Eutelsat’s OneWeb mega-constellation of satellites suffered a near-48 hour outage over the New Year period starting on December 31st. The reason given was that OneWeb core software between the satellites and their user terminals did not account for the fact that 2024 was a leap year with 366 days. Eutelsat’s official statement can be read […]

Eutelsat experienced a 48-hour outage on its OneWeb Low Orbit service, commencing on December 31st 2024. In a company statement, Eutelsat outlined the reason for the outage. “The root cause was identified as a software issue within the ground segment,” the company explained. “Eutelsat was fully mobilised and worked with the vendor to restore full […]

The upcoming European IRIS2 mega-constellation will have its master network control hub in Cologne, Germany according to a report by Heise. Some observers had expected Eutelsat’s OneWeb control centre, based in London, to provide security given that OneWeb is a major part of the IRIS2 system. The report, not confirmed by the consortium managing the […]

January 6th should see the Jeff Bezos-backed Blue Origin-built New Glenn recoverable rocket make its debut flight. The business received its Commercial Space Transportation Licence from the Federal Aviation Administration on December 27th. The New Glenn rocket had a successful test engine firing and ‘wet’ dress rehearsal on the same day. Blue Origin has several […]

IRIS2 is Europe’s massive project to provide a highly-secure multi-orbit satellite constellation which will also compete with Elon Musk’s Starlink and provide safe and secure communications for Europe’s nations and military. The IRIS2 project has been described as ‘Starlink’s big sister’ and a true mega-constellation. But it has a very tight set of deadlines. The […]

Credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has lowered Eutelsat’s credit ratings. S&P says it expects Eutelsat’s loss-making LEO satellites division (OneWeb) and hefty capital expenditure (capex) needs will result in sustained negative cash flow in the next three to five years. S&P adds that it now considers Eutelsat’s risk profile to be ‘Weak’ (down […]

FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel has proposed the allocation of additional spectrum resources necessary for space launch communications needs. The Chairwoman has championed US leadership in space launch activities and making Commission processes simpler and more open to new entrants. These rules would add spectrum to support space launch activities and build upon Commission action in […]

For the past few years satellite operator has kept a very trimmed Dividend for shareholders of an annual €0.50 per annum, for each ‘A’ share held by shareholders. This past year this has been split into two separate €0.25 payments made in October 2014 and with the next due in April 2025. However, this low […]

According to analysts at Quilty Space the SpaceX/Starlink ‘broadband-by-satellite’ system has now hit 5 million subscribers/users. “From its debut announcement of 60,000 subscribers in 2021 to hitting 5 million this month, Starlink’s growth trajectory is not only accelerating at a rapid clip — but the timeline of milestones continues to narrow. After reaching its first […]