January 12, 2022 – Intelsat and Thales Alenia Space have signed an agreement to build two software-defined satellites designed to advance Intelsat’s global fabric of software-defined GEO connectivity as part of its 5G software-defined network. The addition of the Thales Alenia Space software-defined satellites represents an essential advancement in Intelsat’s 5G software-defined network designed to…

January 11, 2022 – Arianespace and the European Space Agency ESA have signed a contract to secure the launch of FLEX and ALTIUS on Vega C, from Europe’s Spaceport mid-2025. FLEX (Fluorescence Explorer) is the Earth Explorer N°8 (following the most recent EarthCare & Biomass Earth Explorers programs), to quantify photosynthetic activity and plant stress…

January 11, 2022 – Senet has partnered with Eutelsat Communications, TrakAssure, and Wyld Networks to bring seamlessly integrated and interoperable terrestrial and satellite LoRaWAN® IoT connectivity to customers across the globe. Through platform integrations, innovative sensor and hardware design, collaborative service delivery, and compelling pricing, the companies are targeting the global supply chain, including container…

January 11, 2022 – Mangata Networks has closed a $33 million Series A round led by US-based venture capital firm Playground Global to continue its mission to transform the way the world interacts with information. This closing manifests the truly global nature of the organization with other major investors including Temasek which is headquartered in…

January 6, 2022 – Arianespace, the European launch services operator, closed out a very intense year in 2021 with a total of 15 launches: three by Ariane 5, nine by Soyuz (including eight from the Russian spaceports in Baikonur and Vostochny for the OneWeb constellation) and three by Vega. A total of 305 satellites were…

January 6, 2022 – Arianespace has been awarded a launch contract by SITAEL, with the Italian Space Agency (ASI) as the final customer, to orbit PLATiNO 1 & 2 satellites, between 2022 and 2024 on Vega and Vega C. PLATiNO 1 and 2 are Earth observation small satellites operating on Sun-synchronous orbits. PLATiNO 1 will…

January 4, 2022 – Hughes Communications India Pvt Ltd, and Bharti Airtel Limited announced the formation of a joint venture to provide satellite broadband services in India. Operational as HCIPL, the entity combines the Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) businesses of both companies to offer flexible and scalable enterprise networking solutions using satellite connectivity for…

January 4, 2022 – CTM has selected Asia’s premier satellite solutions provider, Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat) and its subsidiary One Click Go Live (OCGL, formerly known as HERMES Live Technology Limited) to provide a satellite and IP-based total solution that will support CTM’s initiative in creating a ‘Digital Macau’, one of the world’s…

December 27, 2021 – On Monday, December 27, at Russia’s Baikonur Cosmodrome, Soyuz flight ST37 lifted-off with 36 OneWeb satellites bringing, after this successful deployment, the size of the fleet in orbit to 394. Flight ST37 was the 63rd Soyuz mission carried out by Arianespace, the 37th with its Starsem affiliate, and the 12th mission…

December 23, 2021 – Inmarsat and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd (MHI) announced the successful launch of Inmarsat’s first satellite in the Inmarsat-6 series (I-6 F1) by MHI’s H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 45 (H-IIA F45). H-IIA F45, the latest example of Japan’s H-IIA flagship launch vehicle series, followed the planned trajectory, and the successful separation of…

December 20, 2021 – Kacific Broadband Satellites announced that it is going all-in on Amazon Web Services (AWS) to scale up the delivery of its broadband internet for the rural regions of Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Kacific plans to migrate its IT infrastructure and critical business applications to AWS by 2022. AWS has enabled…

December 20, 2021 – OneWeb has welcomed Vocus, Australia’s specialist fibre and network solutions provider, as its first distribution partner in Australia. The partnership will see Vocus deliver OneWeb’s high-speed, low-latency communications services across the country. Supported by a network of gateways and user terminals, OneWeb’s global connectivity platform will provide high-bandwidth and low-latency connectivity…

December 16, 2021 – Inmarsat ORCHESTRA, the future network for global mobility and government communications, has achieved its first milestone in space with the successful activation of a low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite payload. The LEO satellite is testing new concepts and system configurations for ORCHESTRA’s proposed LEO constellation, which will seamlessly integrate with geosynchronous…

December 16, 2021 – KT SAT suggested establishing an alliance for LEO business to regional satellite operators at the World Satellite Business Week 2021 hosted by Euroconsult which is held in Paris, France with 95% of global satellite operators worldwide in attendance. KT SAT CEO Kyungmin David Song attended as a panelist in the panel…

December 14, 2021 – Aerospace manufacturer and satellite internet service provider mu Space Corp, has just announced plans to manufacture up to 200 of its revolutionary MU-B200 satellites which are capable of providing ultra-fast 5Gbps internet speeds to remote locations. With a price tag of US$4 million – less than half that of similar technology…

December 8, 2021 – ST Engineering today announced that its Corporate Venture Capital unit, ST Engineering Ventures Pte Ltd led a US$30m Series A round in Israel-based hiSky Ltd., a leading developer and provider of affordable and agile satellite Internet of Things (IoT) networks and solutions, with participation from SDF (Strategic Development Fund), the investment…

December 8, 2021 – Comtech Telecommunications Corp. was awarded an order approximating $2.0 million from Intellian, a leading global maritime satellite communication antenna systems provider. The order calls for Comtech to deliver C-Band and Ku-Band Low Power Outdoor Block Up Converters (“LPOD BUCs”). Comtech’s field-proven LPOD BUCs will provide Intellian with the ability to offer…