27 May 2025 – Intelsat became one of the first foreign satellite operators to receive approval from the Indian government to provide extensive satellite coverage directly to India’s broadcast media companies, a significant regulatory achievement that puts Intelsat on an accelerated path to offering new services and further India investment. The company has secured authorization…

22 May 2025 – MEASAT Global Berhad (“MEASAT”), Malaysia’s premier satellite solutions provider, has signed a Term Sheet with Boustead Technology Sdn Bhd (“Boustech”) to formalise a collaboration between both companies to support the Malaysian Armed Forces’ satellite needs. Boustech is a wholly owned subsidiary of Boustead Holdings Berhad, a Government-Linked Investment Company (GLIC) controlled…

20 May 2025 – The UK’s next-generation military communications satellite, Skynet 6A, has successfully completed the coupling of its communications and service modules. The spacecraft – designed and built at Airbus’ Stevenage and Portsmouth plants – will provide vital communications services for Britain’s armed forces and achieved the major milestone at the National Satellite Test…

19 May 2025 – Safran.AI and ICEYE announce a long-term strategic partnership, leveraging their combined expertise to deliver advanced multisensor Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions that enable governments to achieve faster and more accurate decision-making in geospatial intelligence. This collaboration unites Safran.AI’s globally recognized proficiency in vision AI with ICEYE’s operation of the world’s largest commercial…

18 May 2025 – Satellite technology leaders Eutelsat OneWeb and Kymeta today announce the general availability of the new Kymeta™ Goshawk u8 flat-panel terminal on the Eutelsat OneWeb LEO network, a new multi-orbit terminal for government and military customers. The terminal meets key defense needs by enabling the benefits of both GEO and LEO networks…

14 May 2025 – Eutelsat Group and BHS Media Group are pleased to announce the renewal of their satellite contribution contract, reinforcing their long-standing collaboration to deliver high-quality video services across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. This agreement extends the capacity leased on the EUTELSAT 21B and EUTELSAT 70B satellites, ensuring seamless…

14 May 2025 – Intelsat and Cubic³ have successfully completed a critical vehicle satellite connectivity test, marking a significant milestone in their joint mission to create a seamless connectivity service for all types of vehicles. The test demonstrated successful integration between Intelsat satellites and Cubic³’s software platform, showcasing how terrestrial and non-terrestrial networks can seamlessly…

14 May 2025 – Telesat and Arab Satellite Communications Organization (Arabsat), the top satellite service provider in the Arab world, today announced the companies have successfully negotiated and signed a Term Sheet for a multi-Gbps capacity pool of Telesat Lightspeed connectivity services. Building on the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed in 2024, this agreement establishes…

13 May 2025 – ABS “Agility Beyond Space,” a global satellite operator, and SpaceBridge, a leading provider of satellite network equipment solutions, have announced an intent to enter into a strategic collaboration to enhance managed data services across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). This partnership aims to leverage both companies’ expertise to expand…

13 May 2025 – SES Space & Defense, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SES, joins the Defense Innovation Unit’s (DIU) Hybrid Space Architecture Network initiative. SES’s Hybrid Space Architecture II project will showcase an automatically orchestrated secure integrated multi-orbit network that interconnects commercial and government networks to deliver assured and affordable, low-latency, multi-path communications across a…

12 May 2025 – Viasat Inc. announced that JetXP, its next-generation business aviation connectivity service, has been selected by more than 400 customers since becoming commercially available at the end of last year. JetXP builds on Viasat’s market reputation for delivering consistent, reliable and seamless global connectivity, complemented by the white-glove customer service and 24/7…

7 May 2025 – Space42, the UAE-based AI-powered SpaceTech company, has achieved a successful collaboration between its mobile satellite services subsidiary Thuraya and Gatehouse Satcom, a Danish-based software company specializing in mission-critical satellite communications, to advance direct-to-device (D2D) connectivity. The project demonstrated NB-IoT applications over Space42’s L band geostationary satellites using 3GPP-compliant release 17 technology,…

7 May 2025 – ST Engineering iDirect’s EU Satcom Centre of Excellence, ST Engineering iDirect Europe, based in Sint-Niklaas, Belgium, announced the advancement of the European Protected Waveform (EPW) project to its second phase. Under the leadership of Belgium’s Ministry of Defence and with ST Engineering iDirect Europe as the consortium lead, this milestone marks…

6 May 2025 – Iridium Communications Inc., a leading provider of global voice and data satellite communications, today announced a special U.S. government version of the Iridium® 9603 module built for Enhanced Short Burst Data (ESBD). ESBD is a low-latency and secure messaging service designed to provide optimal transmission security (TRANSEC) for the U.S. government…

6 May 2025 – Rivada Space Networks, a global network company launching a secure, low latency low earth orbit satellite network, has announced a new partnership with Pulsar International (Pulsar), to enable secure connectivity for customers in commercial maritime, Agri-tech, enterprise and government markets. Rivada has now lined up over $US16 billion of business globally…

5 May 2025 – iDirect Government (iDirectGov), a leading provider of satellite communications to the U.S. military and government, announced the successful integration and testing of its 450 Software Defined Radio (SDR) satellite modem into Airbus DS Government Solutions’ Ranger Flyaway Terminal. This seamless integration marks a milestone in delivering enhanced resiliency, flexibility and security…

5 May 2025 – As Eutelsat moves into the next phase after the integration with OneWeb and fully aligned with an IRIS2 future, Eutelsat announces the appointment of Jean-François Fallacher as its new CEO. The appointment was decided at a Board Meeting held on May 4th, 2025, upon the recommendation of the Nomination and Governance…

29 April 2025 – Arianespace successfully carried out the launch of Biomass, the European Space Agency’s Earth Explorer satellite, using the Vega C rocket. The Biomass satellite aims to provide essential data on the condition and evolution of global forests, enhancing the understanding of how they influence the planet’s carbon cycle. By serving as the…