November 16th saw Eutelsat’s share price crash 5 per cent and SES suffer a 2 per cent fall on the day. In the US Viasat and Loral both fell 3 per cent with Echostar and Iridium falling 2 per cent. Asian satellite shares also fell. The reductions were seen as being “excessive” according to analysts […]
India’s telecom regulator TRAI is inviting comments and ideas as to how the nation can set up new satellite gateways and Earth stations which are needed to cope with rising demand for satellite-based connectivity. TRAI, working to a brief from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) earlier in September, is to supply recommendations covering the licencing […]
Isotropic Systems, a developer of transformational broadband terminal technologies, has joined the consortium led by CGI, which has been selected by the UK Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, the UK Space Agency, and the European Space Agency (ESA), to develop a demonstration of a hybrid satellite communications and terrestrial network for use on […]
SpaceX executed another flawless launch – and 1st stage landing – on November 13th, albeit delayed by 24 hours because of poor weather at Cape Canaveral. The Falcon 9 rocket (its first stage has now been used nine times) carried 53 extra Starlink satellites into space. The 1st stage landing on SpaceX’s ‘Just Read the […]
SpaceX is scheduled to launch 53 of its Starlink broadband-by-satellite craft from Cape Canaveral, Florida on November 12th. Lift-off is scheduled for 12.41pm GMT/UTC and can be viewed on the company’s web-site. This is the first batch of Starlinks to be launched from Florida since May. The booster supporting this mission previously launched Crew Demo-2, […]
The planned $7.3 billion (€6.3bn) acquisition by Viasat of Inmarsat confirms Viasat’s position as the satellite industry’s largest player in terms of revenues. But the deal could also herald a further suite of consolidations. In the words of analyst Sami Kassab, from investment bank Exane/BNPP, this transaction will help diversify Viasat’s geographic and vertical exposure, […]
Elon Musk is returning to Florida after a six-month gap to launch another batch of Starlink broadband-by-satellite craft. It is not known precisely how many Starlink satellites will be aboard the Falcon 9 rocket, but it is extimated there will be about 60. The launch will happen on November 12th “no earlier” than 7am EST. […]
Elon Musk’s Starlink broadband satellite business is talking to two Philippines-based telecom operators. The pair, namely Transpacific Broadband Group Int’l (TBGI) and fibre-optic broadband operator Converge ICT Solutions, are said to be looking to launch Starlink-based services in 2022, according to Bloomberg. The news comes on top of reports out of India that Musk has […]
Equity analysts at investment bank Morgan Stanley have recently given Elon Musk’s SpaceX a valuation of some $100 billion. The bank has given a detailed breakdown of its analysis. As with any financial forecast the bank gives three sets of metrics for its numbers: a ‘Bear’ (low) case, a ‘Base’ mid-point case and the (optimistic) […]
Elon Musk’s Starlink broadband-by-satellite team is reportedly in discussions with UK cellular telco Vodafone and the “advanced talks” are looking to share spectrum which would help Starlink to deliver broadband services to rural and other underserved areas within the UK. Vodafone has previously confirmed that they are in talks with “multiple operators” and “close to […]