The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has granted U.S.-Singaporean New Space company Audacy a licence for the first commercial inter-satellite relay network, and the implications of this are transformational for space communications as LEO operators, for the first time, can be in constant contact with their satellites.
Read More »South Korea’s KT Sat Poised To Provide Global Inflight and Maritime Connectivity
South Korean satellite operator KT Sat is now poised to provide near-global maritime and inflight connectivity through its new satellites and expanded teleport, in what is becoming an increasingly crowded market.
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Interviews: Peter Beck of Rocket Lab
On 23rd June 2018, Rocket Lab’s launch window for the ‘It’s Business Time’ mission will open. During this 14-day window, the company will launch its groundbreaking Electron rocket and will transform access to space for the small satellite market.
Read More »Uganda’s Digital Divide Being Bridged By SES Networks
SES’s Satellite Monitor study suggests that satellites are playing a critical role in bridging the digital divide in Africa, with SES providing 2.7 million Ugandans with satellite television.
Read More »UAE’s Thuraya and IEC’s New Maritime VSAT Service Takes Centre Stage at Posidonia
The maritime sector of today is more connected than ever before. Vessels of all kinds have effectively become floating offices where the same level of connectivity is in demand at sea as on the shore. Communications on board assist shipping fleet owners, cruise ships and also owners of smaller vessels and yachts to become more operationally efficient and to keep both crew and passengers happy by enabling them to access their mobile devices even whilst away at sea.
Read More »DigitalGlobe Commercially Releases GBDX Notebooks Enabling Customers to Access Insight from Imagery
DigitalGlobe has released a selection of GBDX NoteBooks that will give different customer groups access to a wealth of valuable information from across the company’s Geospatial Big Data platform (GBDX) and is also offering a selection of tutorials on how to use them.
Read More »China’s Fengyun-2H Satellite To Provide Meteorological Coverage Across Belt and Road
The launch of the Chinese meteorological satellite, Fengyun-2H, marks another step in the Chinese-led Space Silk Road, as Beijing dedicates the system to providing weather coverage along Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) territories.
Read More »Indian New Space Company SatSure Analytics Inks Deal With Antrix Corporation
SatSure Analytics, the Bengaluru-headquartered New Space company that is one of the leading satellite data analytics companies in India has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Antrix Corporation – the commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
Read More »Space Launch Startup Firefly Announces Launch Services Agreement With UK’s Surrey Satellite
U.S.-based New Space launch provider Firefly has announced that it has signed a Launch Services Agreement (LSA) with the UK small satellite manufacturer Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) to launch six satellites between 2020 and 2022.
Read More »SES-12 Successfully Launched To Serve Middle East And Asia-Pacific Markets
SES announced that it has successfully launched SES-12 to serve the Asia-Pacific and Middle East regions, increasing the capacity to provide connectivity for mobile, video, fixed data and government customers.
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