India's second lunar mission, Chandrayaan-2, will be attempted in mid-April 2019, a senior Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) official said on 11 January 2019. Chandrayaan-2 will comprise a lander and a lunar rover.
Read More »Brexit in Orbit: Brexit Fears Prompt Inmarsat To Move EAN Out Of London
Inmarsat is set to move its European Aviation Network out of London as a result of the Brexit threat. The move, expected to happen before April, will see EAN operate out of Luxembourg but Inmarsat itself will remain headquartered in London.
Read More »Japan Reaches Out To Allies For Satellite Reconnaissance And Intelligence Cooperation
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has visited London and Paris as part of an effort to strengthen Tokyo's ties with Western intelligence in order to counter increasing Chinese military and espionage activities throughout the Asia-Pacific region.
Read More »Intelsat Joins GSMA To Advance Hybrid Networks And 5G Development
Intelsat S.A., operator of the world’s first Globalized Network and leader in integrated satellite communications, announced that it has joined the Global System for Global Communications Association (GSMA - originally known as the Groupe Spécial Mobile), the organization representing mobile operators worldwide, to further strengthen the integration of satellite and terrestrial technologies and advance 5G deployments.
Read More »Deployed British Forces To Receive BFBS Broadcasts Via SES Networks
Greater numbers of British forces and their families stationed abroad, including Royal Navy ships at sea, will receive a range of popular British TV and radio programming from the British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) via SES satellites in a new multi-year agreement announced today by SES.
Read More »India’s Gaganyaan Mission: ISRO’s Human Spaceflight Plans Starting To Take Shape
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is aiming for the first crewed Gaganyaan human spaceflight mission to take place in December 2021.
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Op’Ed: Privateering the Solar System – A Long View of Commercial Space and National Security
The role of commercial space in today’s national security environments is known well enough. There are useful policy debates to be had over what national security space systems a state should absolutely provide for to ensure sovereign decision making in war versus where commercial entities can step in.
Read More »Sky & Space Global Signs Further MoUs, Bolstering African Customer Base
Nanosatellite operator, Sky and Space Global (SAS), has signed two Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) that will strengthen its growth strategy on the African continent.
Read More »Kacific Selects Newtec Dialog Platform For Kacific-1 Asia-Pacific Satellite Broadband
Newtec, a leader in the design, development and manufacture of equipment for satellite communications, announced on 9 January 2019 that its Newtec Dialog® VSAT multiservice platform has been selected by broadband satellite operator, Kacific, for its new High Throughput Satellite, Kacific-1, to significantly expand its broadband service delivery in underserved areas of South East Asia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands.
Read More »UK’s Surrey Satellite Completes EUTELSAT QUANTUM Small GEO Platform
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) has completed the build of the platform for EUTELSAT QUANTUM, the world’s first geostationary telecommunications satellite that will be fully reconfigurable in orbit.
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