Amazon’s Project Kuiper, its would-be broadband satellite rival to Elon Musk’s Starlink, is gearing up for its next launches. It has a new 100,000 square foot payload processing facility at […]
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Forrester’s Digest: SES, Luxembourg order GovSat-2
SES, in a public/private partnership with the Luxembourg Government, is ordering a second highly-secure satellite, GovSat-2. GovSat, the 50/50 joint venture between SES and the Luxembourg Government, provides secure, reliable […]
Forrester’s Digest: UK signs OneWeb LEO deal
The UK, an investor in Eutelsat/OneWeb, has signed an agreement with Eutelsat to deliver Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite connectivity for UK government operations worldwide. The agreement is with “trusted […]
Forrester’s Digest: Rivada loses Liechtenstein rights
Rivada Space Networks is a busy enthusiast for its ‘OuterNET’ satellite-based super-secure mega constellation. Company executives are regular speakers on the conference circuit. The problems that are never discussed are […]
Forrester’s Digest: Alphabet ups AST SpaceMobile investment
Alphabet, the parent company of Google, Waymo self-driving cars and dozens of other subsidiaries, is further investing in would-be satellite direct-to-consumer cellular activity AST SpaceMobile. Google is already a strategic […]
Forrester’s Digest: FCC approves Intelsat sale to SES
July 11th saw the clearest indication that the long wait for SES to receive its permissions to acquire rival Intelsat is coming to an end, with the Federal Communications Commission […]
Forrester’s Digest: AST SpaceMobile adds ‘Sat-Mod’ request to FCC
Would-be global satellite broadband operator AST SpaceMobile has made a satellite modification request to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regarding its operational fleet of satellites. The modification was submitted a […]
Forrester’s Digest: SES, Intelsat deal clears Federal permissions
The acquisition of Intelsat by SES has been cleared by Federal law enforcement officials. However, this clearance does not yet apply to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The clearance comes […]
Forrester’s Digest: Airbus shapes new organization structure
Airbus Defence and Space states they are implementing a new organization structure to shape the company’s future competitiveness, with more than 2,000 jobs to go. The new organization came into […]
Forrester’s Digest: Starlink de-orbits 472 satellites
Starlink has well over 8,000 satellites in orbit, but they have an orbital life of around five years. The first batch of 60 operational craft were launched in May 2019. […]