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AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird 6 to take flight in December

AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTS), is building the only space-based cellular broadband network designed for both commercial and government applications that is accessible directly by standard smartphones. The BlueBird 6, […]

Thales Alenia Space premieres Space Smart Factory with Italy’s president and other notables in attendance

Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has today inaugurated its Space Smart Factory in Rome with a ceremony attended by Italian President Sergio Mattarella. […]

Eutelsat and Tusass expand strategic partnership to bring resilient OneWeb LEO connectivity to Greenland

Tusass, Greenland’s national provider of telecommunications services, has signed a strategic multi-year agreement to bring Eutelsat’s OneWeb low Earth orbit (LEO) connectivity to Greenland. The expanded partnership will enable the […]

ESA and Avio sign contract for a reuseable upper stage demonstration mission

The European Space Agency and Avio signed a contract for 24-months of development activities aiming at the in-flight demonstration of a reusable upper stage. The activities, for a total value […]

Forrester’s Digest: Ergen explains “cash rich” future plans

EchoStar co-founder Charlie Ergen appeared at the Novaspace Paris World Space Business Week (WSBW) and, along with EchoStar CEO Hamid Akhavan, explained his strategy for delegates. “We are going to […]

Forrester’s Digest: EchoStar sells spectrum to SpaceX; quits LEO plan

It seems that Charlie Ergen and EchoStar have decided to trim — if not exit — the satellite direct-to-consumer market. It is selling its AWS-4 and H-Block licenses (c. 50MHz […]