Satcoms

U.S. SDA awards $150 million launch contract to SpaceX

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AST SpaceMobile, in partnership with Vodafone Group, unveiled plans to launch the first phase of its space-based commercial mobile communications service in 2023.

Bangkok start-up to build “first spaceship of Thailand”

Year 2020 was a year of many historical events. Taking Covid-19 aside, we have witnessed the launching of 3 missions to Mars and the return of samples from extraterrestrial bodies (Moon and Ryugu).

Viasat concerned about SpaceX’s Starlink relocation plans

While Europe mulls its own LEO, SpaceX taps the German market.The German federal telecommnunications agency Bundesnetzagentur authorized Starlink to use up- and downlink frequencies in Germany and offer satellite broadband internet, the agency said. “This is the first frequency allocation for a so-called satellite mega-constellation with a very high number of low earth orbit satellites”, the agency said.

ThrustMe and Spacety launch radar satellite on Long March 8

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OneWeb moves on with next launch and new funding