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Hughes and Celona to Deliver Fully Managed Private Wireless Networks

7 October 2025 – Hughes Network Systems, LLC (Hughes) announced a strategic relationship with Celona, a pioneer in private 5G networks, to launch a fully managed private wireless network solution. The new offering is designed to meet the rising demand for secure, mobile, and high-performance wireless connectivity that powers digital transformation and automation across industrial…

Thales Alenia Space and ESA Sign Contract for SAGA Mission

1 October 2025 – Thales Alenia Space has signed a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) concerning SAGA (Secure And cryptoGrAphic) mission. The contract covers the system definition and preliminary design of a fully European end-to-end Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) system for governmental use. ESA’s SAGA Mission, first introduced during the 2019 edition of…

Eutelsat and Tusass Expand Strategic Partnership to Bring Resilient LEO Connectivity to Greenland

1 October 2025 – Eutelsat and Tusass, Greenland’s national provider of telecommunications services, has signed a strategic multi-year agreement to bring Eutelsat’s OneWeb low Earth orbit (LEO) connectivity to Greenland. The expanded partnership will enable the delivery of secure and resilient communications across the country’s vast and remote territory. Through this partnership, Tusass will leverage…

Vantor Rebrands from Maxar Intelligence, Unveils AI-Powered Platform

1 October 2025 – Vantor has rebranded from Maxar Intelligence and unveiled Tensorglobe, an AI-powered spatial intelligence platform. The rebrand represents the culmination of the company’s multi-year journey to productize its core operational technology and transform from a satellite imagery provider into an end-to-end spatial intelligence company. The name Vantor speaks to how the company…

Commercis Partners with Rivada for Next Generation Connectivity

24 September 2025 – Commercis, a leading communication and technology company, is partnering with Rivada Space Networks to provide a unique next generation connectivity network with the necessary security and performance to drive digital innovation and transformation. Rivada has now lined up over $US18 billion of business globally for its unique LEO network. Commercis will…

AvL Successfully Demonstrates Multi-orbit Ground Terminal on Telesat’s LEO 3 Satellite

23 September 2025 – AvL Technologies and Telesat Government Solutions, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Telesat, announce the successful field demonstration of AvL’s 1.35-meter XY antenna terminal on Telesat’s Low Earth Orbit (LEO) demonstration satellite. The testing, conducted at Telesat’s Allan Park teleport, validated the terminal’s capability to operate seamlessly across LEO, Medium Earth Orbit (MEO),…

Amazon’s Project Kuiper Selects Kazakhtelecom to Distribute its Satellite Internet Service in Kazakhstan

22 September 2025 – Kazakhtelecom will distribute Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellite internet service in Kazakhstan. Bagdat Mussin, CEO of the Kazakhtelecom, and the Head of Project Kuiper Worldwide Consumer, Lisa Scalpone signed the agreement today in New York, during the visit of the President of Kazakhstan to the United Nations General Assembly. The agreement will…

Maxar Partners with AIDC to Accelerate the Resilience of Taiwan’s UAV Industry against GPS Interference

19 September 2025 – Maxar Intelligence, the leading provider of secure, precise geospatial insights, today announced a partnership with Taiwan’s Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC) to deploy the Maxar Raptor software suite across Taiwan’s unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) industry, helping the country accelerate the resilience and reliability of autonomous systems in GPS- and GNSS-denied environments.…

Viasat Selected to Deliver Space Crypto Solution for U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command

18 September 2025 – Viasat, Inc. announced that it is developing a new space-based encryption solution to support data security for U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC). Under this multi-year development award, Viasat’s encryption team within its Defense and Advanced Technologies segment will build a next-generation cryptography solution for satellite applications allowing the…

SDA Selects GMV to Deliver Next Generation Safety of Spaceflight System

17 September 2025 – The Space Data Association (SDA) has awarded the multinational technology company GMV, a provider of space solutions and services, the contract to develop our next generation safety of flight system, the Space Safety Portal (SSP) to support today’s mission critical space operations. Building upon the strong foundation established over more than…

Space42 and Viasat to Launch Equatys Venture

15 September 2025 – Space42, the UAE-based AI-powered SpaceTech company, and Viasat announced they intend to form Equatys, a jointly held entity, to enable global Direct-to-Device (D2D) services and evolving existing and planned Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) to a 5G network environment. Equatys is expected to unite satellite and terrestrial networks leveraging a 3GPP Non-Terrestrial…

Telekom Srbija Expands and Extends Partnership with SES

11 September 2025 – SES announced today the expansion of its partnership with Telekom Srbija, adding two additional transponders and extending its capacity agreements through 2032. Telekom Srbija will use the added capacity to consolidate its m:Sat TV platform at the 23.5 degrees East orbital position to grow its direct-to-home (DTH) television base across Serbia,…

Comtech’s SLM-5650B Becomes First Sovereign-certified Modem to Operate on SES’s O3b mPOWER MEO Satellite Constellation

10 September 2025 – Comtech, a global communications technology leader, today announced the company’s market-leading software defined SLM-5650B became the first sovereign-certified modem to receive Government Terminal Certification (“GTC”) to operate on SES’s Medium Earth Orbit (“MEO”) O3b mPOWER satellite constellation. Operating on the high-throughput low-latency O3b mPOWER system, Comtech’s SLM-5650B will provide critical hybrid…

Neo Space Group (NSG) to Acquire Display Interactive

9 September 2025 – Neo Space Group (NSG), a PIF company and Saudi Arabia’s leading commercial space services provider, announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Display Interactive (DI), a recognized innovator in wireless in-flight entertainment and connectivity (IFEC). The acquisition will strengthen NSG’s position in the aviation market as…