BNP Paribas equity analyst Geoffrey D’Halluin has reiterated the firm’s opinion on satellite operator Eutelsat with a ’Neutral’ rating, although saying that the bank has “tweaked” its guidance and raised its price target from €2.1 per share to €2.7. BNP Paribas says that Eutelsat’s LEO revenues will grow by 50 per cent y-o-y. The bank […]

The third edition of Novaspace’s Optical Communications Market report forecasts cumulative global revenues for space-based Laser Communication Terminals (LCTs) to reach $12.9 billion (€11.1bn) through 2035, driven overwhelmingly by LEO constellations, which will account for more than 99 per cent of demand. “As constellations scale and operators seek to reduce reliance on extensive ground infrastructure, […]

Paris-based satellite operator Eutelsat reported its Q3 2026 and 9-month trading results after the market closed on May 12th. Its headline results were: • Q3 Operating Verticals revenues of €283.7 million, up 0.9 per cent YoY • Sustained double digit growth in Connectivity, driven by LEO-enabled solutions, up 65 per cent YoY • Successful conclusion […]

Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries is reportedly examining a multi-billion dollar entry into low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communications through Jio Platforms, India’s Economic Times has reported, citing people with knowledge of internal discussions. The plan includes building satellites, payloads, launch vehicles, and user terminals, while Reliance simultaneously holds talks with Indian government bodies over securing […]

Eutelsat and longstanding partner, India’s Station Satcom, a specialisy in maritime connectivity, have signed an expanded multi-year, multi-million dollar agreement to scale the deployment of Eutelsat’s OneWeb LEO connectivity services across Station Satcom’s global maritime fleet. The agreement builds on the successful activation of hundreds of vessels on the OneWeb network in 2025. Station Satcom […]

SpaceX filed a complaint to the FCC on April 20th with a list of complaints, starting by saying “Amazon simply refuses to take ‘yes’ for an answer. Amazon consistently rejects any offer to resolve its self-inflicted inability to meet the FCC’s deployment requirements, insisting instead on inflicting maximum harm on the millions of Americans that […]

Specialist satellite data transmission business Speedcast says that demand for capacity and throughput continues to grow. Jim Frownfelter, CEO and Executive Chairman of the Board, said: “In the first 90 days of 2026, we saw a nearly 50 percent increase in the amount of data managed across our LEO networks compared to Q1 2025. This […]

NordSpace, a Canadian-owned space missions and launch company, has been awarded approximately $250,000 in funding under the Department of National Defence (DND) Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security (IDEaS) programme to advance its Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) satellite constellation technology for resilient non-terrestrial networks (NTN). This award stems from the IDEaS ‘Extended communication coverage: […]

Subject to the usual weather considerations Arianespace is scheduled to launch 32 Amazon Leo satellites into orbit on April 28th. The launch will happen from the Spaceport at Kourou in French Guiana. The launch window is currently open from 10:51 am to 11:39 am (Paris time). This mission will be the second Ariane 6 launch […]

Delta Air Lines and Amazon are launching a long-term collaboration to unlock what they describe as !the next generation of tech-enabled travel experiences”. The new agreement will bring high-speed, low-latency internet from Amazon Leo to Delta aircraft, building on the airline’s use of Amazon Web Services (AWS) across its operation. Delta will harness Amazon Leo’s […]