Eutelsat has reportedly held talks with investors to raise €1.5 billion to expand its low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellations as it seeks better to compete with Elon Musk’s satellite-broadband […]
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SES: ‘FCC wants more C-band spectrum’
The post-results analysts call with SES senior management focused on two topics: The possibility of another C-band release of spectrum to the FCC and the state of the Intelsat $3.1 […]
IRIS2 lifts off as European Commission and SpaceRISE sign contract in Brussels
SpaceRISE, the consortium comprising Eutelsat, Hispasat and SES, has signed the agreement with the European Commission (EC) and the European Space Agency (ESA) that will see the consortium design, deliver […]
Forrester’s Digest: EU spends €10bn on Starlink rival
The IRIS2 project for hundreds of satellites was confirmed December 16th with the signing of contracts worth €10.6 billion with the SpaceRISE consortium. The consortium, led by satellite operators SES, […]
Europe’s most advanced weather satellite is now fully operational
The two main instruments on board Eumetsat‘s Meteosat-12, the Flexible Combined Imager (FCI) and the Lightning Imager (LI), play a crucial role in enabling meteorological services to help protect lives […]
Arianespace will launch the EU’s Copernicus EO Sentinel-1C satellite
Earlier this month, Arianespace announced that the company will be launching the Sentinel-1C, a Copernicus satellite, for the European Commission within the scope of a contract signed with the European […]
Forrester’s Digest: Confusion over IRIS2 bids
Airbus Defence & Space and Thales Alenia Space, which were once part of the IRIS2 SpaceRISE consortium bidding for a mega-constellation of low Earth satellites, have submitted separate bids to […]
Forrester’s Digest: German army orders €2.1 billion Airbus satellites
The European Commission wants to build a new satellite constellation called IRIS2. A consortium (SpaceRise) has submitted its best and final bid to secure the contract to build the highly-secure […]
Astrolight sets the stage for next generation secure space-to-Earth data transmission
Astrolight has concluded a significant milestone by completing the Critical Design Review (CDR) for the company’s ATLAS-1 Space-to-Earth laser communication on-orbit demonstration mission. The European Commission (EC) has selected the […]
Destination Earth Data Lake with contribution of European cloud technology
On June10th, the European Union’s Destination Earth system was launched aimed to model and monitor our planet, and simulate natural phenomena with unprecedented accuracy. CloudFerro, a Polish cloud services provider, […]