The European Space Agency (ESA) is urgently seeking space industry ideas on its ‘intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance’ (ISR) project which calls for a European satellite constellation for military and civil usage. But ESA has set a September 30th deadline for ideas to be presented. This new constellation, called the European Resilience from Space (ERS) is […]
Viasat has announced that its JetXP business aviation in-flight broadband service is now delivering five times more capacity across the Eastern US, with a phased nationwide expansion in the coming months. All Viasat’s business aviation customers using the Honeywell JetWave or Gogo Plane Simple Ka-band terminals are benefitting from the capacity boost for a greater […]
The European Commission has confirmed a significant upgrade to EGNOS, Europe’s satellite-based flight and positioning augmentation system. On August 25th, the GEO-3 satellite Eutelsat 5 West B moved from test to operational status, broadcasting the EGNOS Signal-in-Space. EGNOS, which stands for the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service, is Europe’s regional Satellite-based Augmentation System (SBAS). SBASs […]
E-Space, the French would-be satellite company headed by serial entrepreneur Greg Wyler, is reported by WFAA-TV to be planning to build its US headquarters at Arlington Municipal Airport, near Fort Worth, Texas. The report says that Wyler has been in discussions with City officials since early 2024, and could result in 200 new jobs being […]
SpaceX’s Starlink broadband-by-satellite system has received a $150 million (€128m) satellite communications order for Ukraine. The US State Department has approved the aid package of Foreign Military Sale to Ukraine for satellite communications services and related equipment, including support for Starlink terminals. The commitment came from the US Defence Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA). The proposed […]
Thaicom, the Asian satellite operator and space tech company, has announced that its subsidiary, Space Tech Innovation Company Limited (STI) has successfully signed a $184 million ECA supported export credit facility with Deutsche Bank and Standard Chartered Bank for the THAICOM 10 Satellite. Under the agreement, Deutsche Bank and Standard Chartered Bank will provide STI […]
Elon Musk’s Starlink broadband-by-satellite service has revealed that it now has 7 million global customers. This number is up from 6 million confirmed just a few weeks ago in June, and 5 million as of February. The works out at an average of 12,650 additional new clients a day since the 6 million mark and […]
Gilat Satellite Networks, a specialist in satellite networking technology, solutions and services, has announced that its Peruvian subsidiary, Gilat Perú, has signed an additional $25 million (€21.4m) agreement with Pronatel (Programa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones), Peru’s national telecommunications programme. This award is for the modernisation of the Regional Broadband network in the Cusco region. The migration […]
DE-CIX India has officially welcomed Starlink into its interconnection ecosystem, becoming the country’s first Internet Exchange (IX) platform to provide interconnection for the Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite technology. With Starlink’s commercial licence now secured from India’s Department of Telecommunications and final clearance expected by late 2025 or early 2026, the regulatory path is clear. This […]
Charleroi, Belgium-based, Aerospacelab has raised $110 million (€94.5m) of fresh cash to expand its manufacturing capacity and improve its bid for a role in IRIS², Europe’s planned highly-secure multi-orbit broadband satellite constellation. The cash-raising exercise is part of a Series B round, and should enable its 215,000 sq ft factory to be completed and equipped. […]