Satcoms

Kleos Space, the New Space space-based intelligence and geolocation company registered on the Australian Stock Exchange and headquartered in Luxembourg, has signed a contract with Danish-based small satellite manufacturer GomSpace for the supply of a Nanosatellite constellation. The contract was signed on 26 July 2018 by Andy Bowyer, CEO of …

Israel’s Gilat has been selected by Australian telecommunications giant Telstra to provide its satellite backhaul solutions in order to provide 4G mobile telephone coverage in some of Australia’s most isolated and rural areas. Gilat have been selected by Telstra because it was assessed that their solutions could be integrated into …

Social media giant Facebook has confirmed that one of its subsidiaries, PointView Tech LLC, is building a satellite dubbed Athena that will be placed in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) and provide Gigabite-quantity Internet services in digitally deprived areas such as Africa. The project marks Facebook’s entry into the commercial competition to …

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has signed contracts with three Indian companies for the manufacture of up to 27 satellites over the next three years, marking a change of direction for the ISRO in allowing Indian private industry to build space systems, rather than building them in-house. The two …

PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia or Bank BRI, the state-owned and largest bank in Indonesia, has selected Hughes’ JUPITER system to enable connectivity across the Indonesian market. Bank BRI, which already owns a satellite, BRIsat, covering Indonesia and Southeast Asia, will gain an enterprise grade wide-area network (WAN) to connect tens …

Following its request for proposals from satellite manufacturers for the build of a communications satellite, Thailand’s mu Space has announced that it is working with U.S. satellite manufacturer Space Systems Loral (SSL), a subsidiary of Maxar Technologies, to develop concepts for communications and Earth observation satellites. mu Space has previously …

The Bahrain News Agency has reported that the Kingdom is expected to launch its first satellite within the next two years. The country’s Space Agency has been dedicated to assembling an expert team that will oversee its development. To date, the Agency has registered great interest from engineers keen to …

Zimbabwe has become the latest African country to create a national space agency to help enable the country’s economic and social development and growth. The announcement of the agency was made Tuesday, 10 July 2018, by Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who hailed it as a “milestone,” according to various press reports. …

Industry veteran Bob Gough has joined the team at Goonhilly Earth Station as the company bids to expand its operations and develop new business opportunities across Australia and the Asia-Pacific. Gough will oversee commercial expansion across the region and will grow Goonhilly’s customer base in this new market, one that …

Pakistani mobile network operator Wateen Telecom, has partnered with SES Networks in order to deliver cellular backhaul services to the most remote regions of Pakistan. The north and south of the country are challenging for operators to reach due to their mountainous areas and inaccessibility. It is for this reason …