Category Archives: Industry news

Boeing and Gilat Achieve Key In-Cabin Offerability Milestone for Sidewinder Line-fit Multi‑Orbit Solution

19 May 2026 – Gilat Satellite Networks announced today that the Boeing Company and Gilat have reached a milestone toward offering Gilat’s multi-orbit Sidewinder electronically steered antenna (ESA) as a future line-fit solution for in-flight connectivity service providers. Through IFC integration partners, Boeing will offer a line-fit Sidewinder terminal installation to accelerate the adoption of…

GMV Develops a System for Detecting Interference in Satellite Communications

18 May 2026 – GMV is developing a new radio frequency (RF) spectrum monitoring system capable of detecting interference and analyzing its source in the primary frequency bands currently used by communications satellites. The project is co-funded by the European Space Agency (ESA) through its ARTES program. The initiative comes at a particularly significant moment…

Qatar Media Corporation Selects Eutelsat to Launch QBC Business Channel in 4K

14 May 2026 – Eutelsat announces the launch of QBC Business Economic Channel by Qatar Media Corporation, broadcasting in 4K/UHD via Eutelsat’s 7/8° West video neighbourhood. The new channel, first of its kind in Qatar, officially launched on May 5, 2026 and marks a significant milestone in the region’s media landscape as one of the…

Intuitive Machines to Acquire Goonhilly Earth Station and COMSAT

14 May 2026 – Intuitive Machines, Inc., a space technology, infrastructure, and services leader, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Goonhilly Earth Station Ltd. (“Goonhilly”), a world-class deep space communications provider with major ground station assets in the United Kingdom and Goonhilly USA Inc. (dba COMSAT). The acquisition, which will…

NEC Launches Orbital Transfer Vehicle Development Project Aiming for Asia’s First Vehicle Deployment through JAXA’s Space Strategy Fund Program

13 May 2026 – NEC Corporation has launched a project to develop an Orbital Transfer Vehicle (OTV) following its selection by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and the agency’s decision to award NEC with a grant for the technology development theme “Technologies for Realizing Flexible Mobility in Space: (A) Development of Inter-Orbital Transportation Vehicles.”…

Rocket Lab to Acquire Robotics Leader Motiv Space Systems

7 May 2026 – Rocket Lab announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Motiv Space Systems (“Motiv”), a California-based company specializing in space robotics, motion control systems, and precision mechanisms for spacecraft. The acquisition will advance two strategic objectives for Rocket Lab: it will add Mars-proven robotics heritage and capability for advanced planetary…

Rocket Lab Awarded $30 Million Contract for HASTE Hypersonic Rocket Launches for Anduril

7 May 2026 – Rocket Lab announced it has been selected by defense technology company Anduril Industries for multiple hypersonic test flights with its HASTE launch vehicle. The partnership brings together two defense industry leaders to advance one of the Department of War’s most critical technology areas: scaled hypersonics that deliver Mach 5 and beyond…

SES’s O3b mPOWER Satellite Network to Connect Seven New Petrobras FPSOs

5 May 2026 – SES will provide service on its high-capacity medium-Earth orbit (MEO) satellite network, O3b mPOWER, to Petrobras, the Brazilian state-owned oil company, to connect multiple new Floating Production, Storage and Offloading systems (FPSOs). The projects will go into operation in the coming years, expanding Petrobras’ oil and gas production capacity to meet…

Gilat Signs Strategic Multimillion Partnership with Nelco in India to Deploy SkyEdge IV

5 May 2026 – Gilat Satellite Networks announced that it received a multimillion order from Nelco, a leading Satcom service provider in India. Deliveries are expected over the next 12 months. Under the agreement, Nelco has chosen Gilat’s SkyEdge IV hub platform to deploy the most advanced Ka-band service network in India using GSAT-N2 Ka-band…

Thales Alenia Space Signs Phase 1 Contract with ESA for the Development of the Telescopes onboard LISA Mission

5 May 2026 – Thales Alenia Space announces the signing of a €26.1 million phase 1 contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) related to the development of LISA’s telescopes. Made up of three satellites, the LISA (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna) mission will be the first European space observatory capable of detecting and studying gravitational…