By Chris Forrester Moderator: Tom Stroup (President, Satellite Industry Association, SIA) asked his panel to examine whether Europe was ready with its own constellations. Dallas Kasaboski (Principal Analyst, Analysys Mason) […]
Commercial Constellations
Forrester’s Digest: Arianespace: 4-year backlog
European rocket launch company Arianespace says it has a four-year backlog but its clients are not yet ready with their cargoes. The first mission for its Ariane 6 rocket will […]
SpaceX plans a Friday launch of Starlink Group 11-6 smallsats
SpaceX will one again be launching a batch of smallsats for the Starlink Group 11-6 to low Earth orbit to continue to build their mega-constellation to provide a worldwide space-based […]
SageNet is now a Starlink authorized reseller
SageNet is now an authorized reseller of Starlink by Space X to deliver high-speed, low-latency internet connectivity across the United States. This reseller agreement integrates SpaceX’s Starlink LEO technology with […]
Logos Space, a new satellite company built for EW Era, launches to provide enterprise connectivity
Logos Space Services, a SATCOM operator for enterprise customers, has now been launched — the company will use spectrum differently than previous satellite operators to maximize security and avoid jamming. […]
AST SpaceMobile completes the unfolding of their 1st Five commercial satellites in LEO
AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (“AST SpaceMobile”) (NASDAQ: ASTS) has reported the successful unfolding of its first five commercial satellites, BlueBirds 1-5. With this significant post-launch technical activity now complete, ahead of […]
Forrester’s Digest: Project Kuiper wants to offer D2D connectivity
UK telecom regulator Ofcom has published in its consultation documentation that Amazon’s proposed constellation of broadband satellites (‘Project Kuiper’) is developing technical solutions for Direct-to-Device (D2D) cellular connectivity. The Ofcom […]
SpaceX sends BlueBirds flying as AST SpaceMobile’s largest satellite communications array launches in low Earth orbit
On Thursday, September 12 at 4:52 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird 1-5 mission to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force […]
Spire Global awarded million$ NOAA contract for satellite weather data
Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) hs been awarded a $3,832,500 contract from NOAA to provide radio occultation (RO) data for a one-year period from September 18, 2024 to September 18, 2025. […]
Forrester’s Digest: Eutelsat, SoftBank collaboration
The build–up to IBC has influenced Eutelsat [and SES] to announce new business — the satellite provider has signed an partnership agreement with Japan’s SoftBank Corp. Eutelsat’s deal with SoftBank […]