SpaceX has asked the FCC for permission to install two (normally) ground-based Starlink user terminals aboard a maritime vessel. The application says the request is “experimental” and would run September […]
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Extra Bharti Cash Fully Funds OneWeb + Insider Trading Allegations Class Action Against Certain Intelsat Shareholders Heading To Court In July
Bharti Global has invested an extra $500 million (€420.5 million) into satellite constellation OneWeb and that means the business is now fully funded at $2.4 billion. Bharti’s influx of extra […]
The SES Versus Intelsat Trial Has An October Deadline
June 4th saw a joint agreement from lawyers to Intelsat’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy court saying that they have provisionally set the date for the two-week trial between SES and Intelsat […]
More Starlink + OneWeb & SoftBank Plus SpaceX & Google Cloud
SpaceX will launch 52 Starlink satellites the weekend of May 15th. The normal batch of 60 is being amended as SpaceX has a couple of paying guest craft on board […]
The Next Flurry Of Starlink Satellites Being Readied For Launch
Elon Musk’s SpaceX May 4th launch of 60 Starlink craft will be followed by another 60 on – or about – May 9th. There will likely be another record broken. […]
Intelsat’s Bankruptcy Court Hearings + Musk + AsiaSat
There’s to be a hearing at Intelsat’s bankruptcy court tomorrow (April 27th) where the judge will hear motions, including those from SES which is looking for the court to compel […]
Not Good Vibrations For Arianespace Fairings (Or ULA’s, For That Matter)
Recent launches of the giant Ariane 5 rocket by Arianespace have suffered excess vibration, causing severe delays to the rocket’s launch manifest. The problem with fairing vibrations has also affected […]
France OK’s Starlink, SES Has More Capacity Agreements + Geely Set To Mfg 500+ Satellites Per Year
The French communications regulator, ARCEP (l’Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques), has approved SpaceX’s Starlink broadband-by-satellite system for use and access to the nation. However, the residents of a small […]
Satellite B’Band Capacity To Grow 10x By Year’s-end
A report from investment bank Exane/BNPP stated that today’s various satellite operators are supplying some 2,000 Gb/s of capacity (as of December 31, 2020, and using Northern Sky Research data). […]