5 March 2025 – Astroscale Limited, the UK subsidiary of Astroscale Holdings Inc. (“Astroscale”), the market leader in satellite servicing and long-term orbital sustainability, has today announced the successful completion of a study aimed at developing capabilities to refurbish and upgrade satellites for commercial use.  As part of the European Space Agency’s ‘Systems Studies for…

5 March 2025 – Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), an EchoStar Company, today announced the revolutionary Hughes Fusion Simultaneous Multi-Orbit In-Flight Connectivity Solution is coming to Delta Air Lines for select new delivery A350 and A321neo aircraft. This adds to the already awarded 400+ Delta ERJ, CRJ, and Boeing 717 aircraft. This innovative industry-first solution…

4 March 2025 – Eutelsat announced that it is expanding its services for the Professional Video market. Committing significant new resources at the flagship HOTBIRD constellation at 13°East, Eutelsat is further strengthening the group’s leading position for Professional Video applications over Europe, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Major sporting events and breaking news…

4 March 2025 – Inmarsat Maritime, a Viasat company, announced that Toei Reefer Line Ltd, a leading supplier of sashimi-grade tuna, will install NexusWave on board the company’s sophisticated factory vessels to support their evolving crew and business connectivity requirements. To maintain a level of quality consistent with the high expectations of its end customers…

4 March 2025 – Orange Africa and Middle East (OMEA) and Eutelsat announce a strategic partnership to bridge the digital divide through satellite connectivity in Africa and the Middle East. It aims to connect isolated areas with broadband access, thereby strengthening digital inclusion in the region. As part of this multi-year partnership, Orange will use…

3 March 2025 – KT has collaborated with Rohde & Schwarz and VIAVI Solutions to develop non-terrestrial network (NTN) technology that overcomes the disadvantages of long propagation delays in satellite communication environments. With this technology, a bandwidth of more than 10 Mbps is possible even between a geostationary (GEO) satellite and user device. This increased…

28 February 2025 – SES announced a multi-year extension of its agreement with ProSiebenSat.1. Under the agreement, ProSiebenSat.1 will continue to distribute its programmes in Germany and Austria using SES’s satellites at its prime video neighbourhood of 19.2 degrees East. Additionally, ProSiebenSat.1 will integrate content from Joyn, its streaming platform in Germany, with SES’s HD+…

27 February 2025 – Telesat and Intellian, a global leading provider of satellite communication antennas and ground gateway solutions, today announced a contract award for Intellian to design and manufacture Ka-band flat panel User Terminals for the Telesat Lightspeed Low Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation. Under this agreement, fully optimized Ka-band LEO flat panels for the…

27 February 2025 – Astroscale Japan Inc. (“Astroscale Japan”), a subsidiary of Astroscale Holdings Inc. (“Astroscale”), the market leader in satellite servicing and long-term orbital sustainability across all orbits, has been awarded a 7.27 billion yen (including tax) contract by Japan’s Ministry of Defense to develop a responsive space system demonstration satellite prototype. The project,…

25 February 2025 – The French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA) has awarded the contract for the IP Network of the Naval Force (RIFAN) stage 3 to an industrial consortium led by Airbus Defence and Space and also comprising Naval Group. With a maximum value of 480 million euros and a maximum duration of 10 years,…

24 February 2025 – Eutelsat Group, MediaTek Inc. and Airbus Defence and Space have conducted the world’s first successful trial of 5G Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) technology over the Eutelsat OneWeb low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites. The tests pave the way for deployment of the 5G NTN standard, which will result in future satellite and terrestrial…

20 February 2025 – PLD Space, an international space services company with vertical integrated engineering and manufacturing, has announced that the Etlaq spaceport in Oman will be its second global launch base for MIURA launch vehicle family. This infrastructure joins the company’s Launch Complex at the CSG (Kourou, French Guiana), owned by CNES and ESA,…

19 February 2025 – Hughes Network Systems, an EchoStar company announced it is providing remote connectivity at hundreds of remote solar energy sites in Brazil. With decades of experience providing GEO, BGAN, and most recently, LEO services for SCADA and fleet monitoring applications, Hughes is using that experience to deploy a unique mobile connectivity solution…

19 February 2025 – SES announced that O3b mPOWER, its second-generation medium Earth orbit (MEO) satellite system, was deployed to a Viasat Energy Services’ customer operating an offshore vessel in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. This collaboration represents Viasat Energy’s first adoption of MEO satellite technology in APAC and their inaugural implementation of O3b mPOWER services…

18 February 2025 – Astroscale UK is making strides in in-orbit servicing technologies as it takes on a pivotal role in the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Capture Bay for Active Debris Removal (CAT) for In-Orbit Demonstration (IOD) mission, part of ESA’s Space Safety Programme. This project represents a significant milestone in addressing orbital debris and…

17 February 2025 – SES announced today a new agreement to deliver and manage video content for ATP Tour events around the world using Secure Reliable Transport (SRT) and its unique Sports Content Orchestration Enabler (SES SCORE) platform enabled by SES’s hybrid IP, fiber and satellite distribution network. With more than 200,000 hours of live…

13 February 2025 – Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced the launch of the Company’s new multipath radio (“MPR”) platform. As the first-ever terrestrial high data rate over-the-horizon integrated radio of its kind, MPR will empower first responders, warfighters, and commercial operators with new high data rate communications capabilities on a single antenna agnostic platform. Built on…

13 February 2025 – Eutelsat Group and Saudi Arabia’s Advanced Telecommunications Solutions and Services (ATSS) have renewed their satellite capacity agreement on the EUTELSAT 8 West B satellite reinforcing the long-standing collaboration between the two companies. The contract signing took place during the LEAP event in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. ATSS is a leader in satellite…