The World Teleport Association (WTA) has announced that Speedcast has achieved Tier 3 certification of its Biddinghuizen (Netherlands) Teleport under WTA’s Teleport Certification Program. The Biddinghuizen certification marks the 62nd issued since […]
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SpaceX’s Wednesday launches now moved to Thursday and Friday
SpaceX is now targeting Thursday, November 7 for a Falcon 9 launch of 23 Starlink Group 6-77 satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral […]
Forrester’s Digest: OneWeb ready to go live in Thailand
Eutelsat’s OneWeb LEO system will be officially launched in Thailand in December and go fully ‘live’ in January for commercial users, according to The Bangkok Post. OneWeb and the nation’s […]
Forrester’s Digest: SES, WBD renew deal
SES will unveil its latest quarterly results on November 7th and on top of its renewal and expansion capacity announcement for Telekom Srbija comes a similar deal with Warner Bros […]
Coming soon from WTA: Ground Segment for the VHTS Generation
While all eyes may be on LEO, the real story is about high-throughput satellites (HTS) and VHTS flying in GEO, MEO and LEO. Since the first HTS satellite, IPSTAR, was […]
NSSLGlobal wins SATCOM contract for Germany’s Federal Office for Civil Protection (BBK)
NSSLGlobal is providing SATCOM services and technology to Germany’s Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance (Bundesamt für Bevӧlkerungsshutz und Katastrophenhilfe, or BBK), thanks to a recent contract. NSSLGlobal […]
Juno satellite to be built by SSTL for the UK’s MOD DE&S for advanced military ops
United Kingdom Armed Forces personnel are to have access to the latest space technology for military operations, following a contract procured by Ministry of Defence’s Defence Equipment & Support DE&S […]
GlobalData: Apple’s billion$ deal with Globalstar will change the D2D satellite game
Following the news that Apple plans to invest $1.1 billion in satellite communications company Globalstar alongside a further $400 million for a 20% equity stake in the business, Emma Mohr-McClune, the Chief […]
MEASAT’s young talent receives recognition from APSCC
MEASAT Global Berhad has once again been recognized by the Asia Pacific Satellite Communications Council (“APSCC”) for the quality of the company’s young talent, when Ahmad Faisal Hartono, Senior Engineer […]
NSAI launches Europe’s 1st verified GNSS data stream service
The National Standards Authority of Ireland’s National Metrology Laboratory (NSAI NML) has launched Europe’s first ever verified GPS/GNSS Data Stream (VGDS) service, an extension to the National Timing Grid of […]