Satcoms

Intelsat will provide satellite communications support to Myanmar to bolster the Southeast Asian country’s telecommunications infrastructure and increase its mobile telephone network capacity. Intelsat, one of the largest companies in integrated satellite communications, announced this week that Myanmar‘s Ministry of Transport and Communications (MOTC) has broadened their relationship to accelerate …

Thai New Space satellite communications company mu Space has announced the appointment of new executives in key positions to significantly expand its business into new markets. Michael Soodjinda and Suwit Pruckwattananon have been appointed Chief Financial Officer and Chief Business Development Officer respectively at mu Space. Soodjinda’s appointment “is part …

After a troubled launch earlier this year, Yahsat’s Al Yah-3 communications satellite is now operational, and it is ready to propel the UAE-based company into new markets. Yahsat, a global satellite operator based in the UAE, just announced that its third satellite, Al Yah-3, located at 20 °W, has successfully …

What are the prospects for Britain cooperating with other countries around the world to meet its satellite navigation needs after it leaves the European Union? Is such cooperation a good use of scarce financial and industrial resources for these countries? Dr. John B. Sheldon, Chairman and President of ThorGroup GmbH …

InfoStellar is an innovative Japanese start-up with a vision: to extend the Internet that we know on Earth into outer space by creating the largest space communications infrastructure in history. This vision is set to be achieved through a unique antenna-sharing platform and also a one-stop small satellite shop that …

The Thai Ministry of Defence (MoD) is to take on national security space missions, and incorporate military space concepts of operations and their associated threats and opportunities in its defence strategy, operations, tactics, techniques, and procedures. According to Thai media reports, the MoD in Bangkok is considering options that include …

Burkina Faso, one of the poorest countries in the world, is now working to bridge the digital divide and develop its economy with the help of SES Networks, one of the world’s leading commercial satellite communication companies. Burkina Faso and SES just signed a new multi-year agreement which will enable …

Israel’s Spacecom, the troubled operator of the AMOS fleet of communications satellites, has postponed its U.S.$112 million contract with Space Systems Loral (SSL) to build the AMOS-8 satellite. Instead, Spacecom has come to an interim agreement with SSL and has a 30 day extension to raise the necessary funds for …

Mongolia and France signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 18 May 2018 in order to carry out space cooperation at the institutional level between the Centre national d’études spatiales (CNES) and the Mongolian communication and information technologies authority (ACTI). The MoU was signed by Jean-Yves Le Gall, President of …

The decision by the board of Israeli satellite communications company Spacecom to buy its AMOS-8 satellite from US satellite manufacturer Space Systems Loral (SSL) over Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has unleashed political controversy in Israel and revealed a potential corruption scandal within Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet. Under the …