April 5, 2024 – Two prominent space consulting players, Euroconsult and SpaceTec Partners, are merging after three years of increasingly successful collaboration, to shape the future of the space sector with unparalleled expertise and strategic insights. This merger creates Novaspace, a powerhouse in professional services dedicated to the space industry. Euroconsult, with its 40-year legacy…

April 4, 2024 – Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., a technology company in the defense, national security and global markets, announced today that it successfully demonstrated a fully virtualized satellite communications (SATCOM) ground system using Kratos’ OpenSpace® Platform for the U.S. Army’s Program Executive Office Command, Control, Communications-Tactical (PEO C3T). With demonstration partners Telesat…

April 2, 2024 – Hughes Network Systems, LLC announced the commercial availability of the Hughes HL1120W Terminal. This electronically steerable antenna-based (ESA) terminal has received Eutelsat OneWeb approval for operation in its low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite network and this milestone enables Hughes to bring Eutelsat OneWeb’s enterprise-grade, low-latency, high-speed connectivity to customers across the…

April 1, 2024 – Telesat announced that on March 28, 2024, Telesat received a letter from Canada’s Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry regarding an investment in Telesat Lightspeed. The letter states that, following several months of negotiations between Telesat and federal officials, the Government of Canada (GoC) is prepared to invest C$2.14 billion in…

March 27, 2024 – Spire Global, Inc., a leading global provider of space-based data, analytics and space services, announced an agreement with HANCOM InSpace (“Hancom”), initially a spin-off by Korea Aerospace Research Institute and now a part of HANCOM Group, for Sejong-2 and Sejong-3 two additional satellites with Spire Space Services. Under this agreement, Spire…

March 26, 2024 –  Viasat announced Global Beam Telecom, a global satcom solutions provider, has joined its ELEVATE program. ELEVATE is a growth program, ecosystem and marketplace for ambitious IoT solution providers, connectivity wholesalers, enablers and OEMs who want to work with Viasat to use its network and footprint to scale new heights. Global Beam Telecom’s…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

March 8, 2024 – Thales Alenia Space has signed a contract with the Italian space agency (ASI) to develop the communications subsystem for the innovative International Mars Ice Mapper (I-MIM) mission. This Phase B1 contract, worth a total amount of about €22 million, follows on from the previous Phase A award to Thales Alenia Space…

March, 8, 2024 – Viasat, Inc. today announced IEC Telecom, an international satellite service provider, has joined its ELEVATE program. ELEVATE is a growth program, ecosystem and marketplace for ambitious IoT solution providers, connectivity wholesalers, enablers and OEMs who want to work with Viasat to use its network and footprint to scale. As an ELEVATE…