Eutelsat’s OneWeb mega-constellation of satellites suffered a near-48 hour outage over the New Year period starting on December 31st. The reason given was that OneWeb core software between the satellites […]
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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: UK to test-remove OneWeb satellite from space
Japan’s UK subsidiary of its Astroscale is getting itself ready with its Critical Design Review of a ‘space tug’ which is planned to remove a OneWeb satellite from its low […]
Forrester’s Digest: OneWeb receives India approval
Eutelsat owned satellite constellation OneWeb has received all the “necessary authorisations” to start services over India. OneWeb India, which is backed by Bharti Airtel, is the first satellite operation to […]
SpaceX launches 22 Starlink Group 10-8 smallsats on Saturday
As planned and on schedule and with Florida’s weather cooperating, on Saturday, October 26 at 5:47 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 22 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch […]
OneWeb, examined in detail
by Chris Forrester A few days ago, a SpaceX rocket launched the final batch of OneWeb satellites into their high orbits, ready to complete the operator’s constellation and provide in-orbit […]
SpaceX to launch Starlink Group 6-16 smallsats on Monday after OneWeb’s Sunday sendoff
SpaceX is standing by to launch Starlink Group 6-16 smallsats on Monday, October 21, from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral, Florida, which has launched 266 rockets, including 266 orbital […]
SpaceX’s Happy Friday, with launches of 20 Starlink smallsats including 13 Direct to Cell
On Friday, October 18 at 7:13 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 20 Starlink Group 8-19 satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex […]
SpaceX schedules OneWeb launch on Saturday after numerous delays… fingers crossed again
A batch of 20 microsatellites for the OneWeb satellite constellation, which is intended to provide global internet broadband service for individual consumers, is scheduled to launch on Saturday (local time) […]