On the heels of the news that that the latest pair of SES O3b/mPOWER satellites were successfully launched comes confirmation that its latest craft, Astra 1P, has been brought into […]
Forrester's Digest
Forrester’s Digest: Eutelsat orders 100 new OneWeb satellites
Paris-based satellite operator Eutelsat, which already has some 654 of its OneWeb satellites in low Earth orbit, is ordering another 100 satellites from Airbus Defence & Space. The new satellites […]
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, […]
Forrester’s Digest: SpaceX raising billion$ in new shares
SpaceX’s Tender Offer is for $1.25 billion (€1.19 billion) of new shares and is priced at $185 per share. It values the rocket-to-broadband company at about $350 billion, according to […]
Forrester’s Digest: AST SpaceMobile signs up Vodafone
AST SpaceMobile wants to be the world’s space-based cellular supplier. The company has already secured Verizon in the U.S. and has now signed Vodafone to a global agreement which runs […]
Forrester’s Digest: Rivada: ‘SpaceX contracts still in place’
It was previously reported that would-be satellite operator Rivada Space Networks might have lost its important launch contracts with SpaceX. That is not the case says Rivada. A Rivada spokesman […]
Forrester’s Digest: New Zealand hits Starlink with criminal charges
New Zealand’s Commerce Commission has hit local telco One NZ (the former Vodafone NZ) with criminal charges alleging false representations of its Starlink Direct-To-Cell service, and breaching the country’s Fair […]
Forrester’s Digest: SpaceX to mount Tender Offer?
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is reportedly set to mount a Tender Offer this December. The plan is to sell existing shares at around $135 (€128m) each. The end result would be […]
Forrester’s Digest: Ariane 6 delayed again
The already much-delayed launch date for Europe’s giant heavy lift Ariane 6 rocket has again been delayed. Arianespace officials and the European Space Agency (ESA) said in the summer they […]
Forrester’s Digest: Could Musk’s influence extend to FCC authorization?
The past months have seen a tennis match of submissions volley back and forth between SpaceX and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) over granting SpaceX and its Starlink satellites access […]