Category Archives: Industry news

Eutelsat OneWeb Services Activated for Enterprise and Maritime in Australia and New Zealand through Sat One Partnership

March 26, 2024 – Eutelsat Group announces that Sat One is leveraging its OneWeb LEO constellation for the first-time activation of land-based services across Australia’s remote northern and southern regions, maritime services in Australian waters, and commercial service in New Zealand. Satellite service company Sat One and Eutelsat OneWeb have a multi-year, multi-million dollar agreement…

Hanwha Phasor Launches Enterprise-grade Flat-Panel Satellite Antenna for Mobile Communications

March 20, 2024 – Hanwha Phasor, a UK-based satellite communications company, has announced it will release its land antenna, for mobile communications, the Phasor L3300B, to the market in Q3 of 2024. The Phasor L3300B is an active electronically steered antenna (AESA) which has been developed for commercial and military use. This announcement marks the…

Airbus Continues to Collaborate with NASA to Monitor Climate Change from Space

March 19, 2024 – Airbus has been awarded a contract to design and build the GRACE-C twin spacecraft by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL. This new mission of NASA and the German Space Agency at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) will strengthen the more than 20 years long partnership between the USA and Germany to…

Intelsat Advances Multi-Orbit Strategy with Expansion of Eutelsat Group LEO Agreement

March 19, 2024 – Intelsat today announced a strategic advance in its service capabilities through an expanded partnership with Eutelsat Group related to that company’s OneWeb low-earth orbit (LEO) constellation. The deal is a significant development for multi-orbit satellite connectivity solutions and positions Intelsat at the forefront of the next wave in global connectivity. The…

Astranis to Launch a Dedicated MicroGEO Communications Satellite for Argentina

March 18, 2024 – Astranis announced new partnership with Orbith, a fast-growing, Latin American Internet Service Provider, to provide a dedicated MicroGEO communications satellite for Argentina. This deal is an exciting opportunity in a country that has proven its openness to disruptive technologies and ideas. This new partnership with Orbith is a great opportunity to…

ThinKom Solutions and SES Expand Collaboration to Offer Multi-orbit Service Capabilities

March 18, 2024 – ThinKom Solutions, Inc. and SES continue to expand their integrated satellite communications capabilities, successfully demonstrating advanced multi-orbit services. The end-to-end service includes SES’s satellites in MEO and GEO orbits, accessed through ThinKom’s Ka-band terminals, notably the ThinAir Ka2517, to establish industry-leading performance and multi-orbit resiliency. Beyond the performance boost delivered for…

Thales Alenia Space to Develop the Radar Instrument for ESA’s 10th Earth Explorer Harmony Exciting New Mission

March 14, 2024 – Thales Alenia Space has signed a first 7M€ contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop the Earth Observation Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) instrument to be embarked on the two Harmony satellites, ESA’s 10th Earth Explorer mission. This bridging phase contract is the first step towards the final contract for…

ThinKom and Telesat Expand Agreement for Low Earth Orbit Operations

March 14, 2024 – Telesat, one of the world’s largest and most innovative satellite operators, and ThinKom Solutions, Inc., a leading designer and manufacturer of high performance satcom antennas, today announced an expanded development partnership to certify ThinKom’s ThinAir Ka2517 antenna for the Telesat Lightspeed Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite network. The multi-year agreement calls…

RCSC Selects Hughes JUPITER System to Help Bridge the Digital Divide in Kazakhstan

March 13, 2024 – Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), an EchoStar company, today announced that the Republican Center of Space Communication (RCSC), a subsidiary of the Ministry of Digital Development, has chosen the Hughes JUPITER™ System ground platform to help close the digital divide in Kazakhstan. Hughes will supply JUPITER System equipment to more than…

Intelsat Flex Service to Deliver New Land Mobility Services throughout India

March 12, 2024 – Intelsat and India-based Cloudcast Digital Limited (CDL), provider of technology-led satcom solutions and service, expanded satellite communication connectivity using Intelsat’s FlexMove to deliver land mobile services to customers in hard-to-reach locations throughout India. CDL’s technology services are managed by Planetcast Media Services Limited (Planetcast). Planetcast is a teleport and video platform…