Satellite operator SES reported its numbers on April 30th but it has now emerged that the company’s O3b mPOWER Mid-Earth orbiting fleet is expected to grow capacity by 30 per […]
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Forrester’s Digest: France to bail out Eutelsat?
The French state is considering a major strategic investment in Eutelsat. A report from French newspaper Le Monde — wholly unconfirmed — suggests that Eutelsat needs to find around €4 […]
Eutelsat eyes Italian satellite contract
Various reports on a proposed $1.5 billion Italian plan for Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites talk of the agreement being ‘cancelled’ or ‘paused’ or ‘stalled’. In its place Eutelsat’s CEO has […]
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 […]
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 […]
Eutelsat: “What a mess”
Within minutes of Eutelsat releasing its half-yearly results on February 14th a major sell-off by shareholders occurred, and drove Eutelsat’s share price down to another ‘all time low’ of just […]
EnSilica awarded £10.3m funding from UK Space Agency Award
EnSilica, a chip maker of mixed signal ASICs (Application Specific Integrated Circuits), has been awarded £10.38 million (€12.4m) funding over the next three years from the UK Space Agency for […]
Forrester’s Digest: Thales, Hispasat start Quantum Key geo-system
Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67 per cent) and Leonardo (33 per cent), and Hispasat, Redeia’s satellite services operator, have announced the start of the development, manufacturing, […]
Eutelsat selects Airbus Defence and Space to build OneWeb LEO constellation extension
Eutelsat Group (Euronext Paris / London Stock Exchange: ETL) has selected Airbus Defence and Space to build the extension of the company’s OneWeb LEO constellation. Under a contract signed between […]
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 […]