LeoLabs and OneWeb have entered into a multi-year agreement where LeoLabs will be providing collision avoidance to support operational safety of flight for OneWeb’s growing fleet of spacecraft. “With OneWeb as a valued LeoLabs customer, LeoLabs Collision Avoidance is now utilised by the three largest constellations in the world — SpaceX, OneWeb, and Planet (among […]
SpaceX plans to launch its much-delayed batch of Starlink satellites later today (February 3rd). A Falcon 9 rocket will loft 49 Starlink broadband satellites into low Earth orbit. The launch, subject to the usual weather considerations is scheduled for 1:13 pm EST, which is the opening of an instantaneous window at Pad 39A at Kennedy […]
Local reports seem to confirm China’s intentions to build and launch 13,000 low Earth orbiting satellites. The mega-constellation would rival the existing Starlink system from SpaceX, the UK and India-backed OneWeb scheme and a planned similar constellation from Amazon’s Jeff Bezos. China’s State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (SASTIND) has called […]
SatLease Capital (SLC) has joined the Inmarsat Application and Solution Provider (ASP) Programme, an ecosystem for providers of software, hardware and solutions, and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in commercial land markets. As an ASP member, SatLease Capital will gain access to Inmarsat’s global L-band satellite connectivity network, ELERA, and worldwide reach to scale its solutions into […]
A Falcon 9 rocket from SpaceX will launch another large batch of Starlink broadband by satellite craft on January 29th. It will be the third SpaceX launch within six days. SpaceX is launching an Italian satellite (January 27th at 11:11 pm EST for launch of COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation FM2 to orbit from SLC-40 in Florida) […]
The plan to start launching rockets and small satellites from SaxaVord on the island of Uist in Scotland has moved much closer to achievement with Historic Environment Scotland (HES) withdrawing its objections to the scheme. SaxaVord has still to achieve Planning Permission from the Shetland Islands Council. SaxaVord chief executive Frank Strang said: “We are […]
SES, working with Digicel Tonga, has re-enabled crucial communications with the outside world following the volcano and tsunami which hit the Pacific islands. First international calls service from Tongatapu provided by Digicel has been working since Wednesday, with both SES and Digicel teams working on restoring more vital communications services in the coming days. “With […]
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) director general Josef Aschbacher has asked its 22-members to stump up an initial €750 million to fund a European low-Earth orbiting satellite constellation in order to secure broadband connectivity. The proposal, which will be discussed officially at ESA’s ministerial conference later this year, would be part of a wider budget […]
Back in 2019 the Tongan Government signed a much-heralded 15-year agreement with satellite operator Kacific for access to the operator’s Kacific-1 craft. However, according to numerous press reports, the government has allegedly failed to pay its obligations for the service. The agreement was structured to see service provided to 89 Tongan islands, some of which […]
Televes has extended its European IRS Certification Scheme (EICS) certification, adding its new range of optical products as well as its wideband LNB. A suppliers of broadcast reception equipment, Televes, certified its range of dCSS Nevo multiswitch products in 2021. The latest products to be added are its Overlight range of optical transmitters and receivers […]