Satellite Communications

PARIS — While the industry's gaze is fixed on the mega-constellation race in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), Eutelsat Group has delivered a potent reminder that Geostationary (GEO) real estate remains the financial bedrock of the global space economy. The operator ...

By Chris Forrester — The past few days have seen the business pages full of reports that Elon Musk’s SpaceX could have a value of some $800 billion. The reports had plenty of credibility and built on the truly fabulous ...

MADRID — The race to provide seamless, global air traffic management (ATM) from orbit accelerated today as Startical, the joint venture formed by Indra and the Spanish air navigation service provider Enaire, with its operational "Startical Constellation". Following successful validation ...

WASHINGTON – (December 3, 2025) – Shield AI and Sedaro have announced a strategic partnership focused on advancing autonomous operations in the orbital domain. The collaboration establishes Shield AI’s Hivemind Pilot as Sedaro’s preferred autonomy software for on-orbit demonstrations, extending ...

Iridium Communications holds a long-standing and strategic partnership with the U.S. Space Force (USSF), primarily centered around the Enhanced Mobile Satellite Services (EMSS) program. Most recently, on December 2, 2025, Iridium was awarded a new infrastructure contract (SITH), further solidifying ...

Moody’s Ratings has upgraded Eutelsat Communications SA’s long-term corporate family rating to Ba3 from B2, the rating agency announced Monday ...

Orange recently became the first European operator to offer satellite SMS service with Skylo, a non-terrestrial network operator (NTN), to be initially offered to Google Pixel 9 or 10 smartphones owners on an exclusive basis. Orange announced the launch of ...

BICS, a Proximus Global company, and Starlink have entered into a strategic partnership, appointing BICS as the preferred IPX provider in Europe for Starlink’s direct-to-cell satellite connectivity services. The collaboration enables Starlink to leverage the IPX network to connect mobile ...

OQ Technology has achieved a major technological milestone using its LEO satellite constellation to successfully deliver Europe’s first direct-to-mobile (D2M) emergency broadcast message from space — transmitted directly to standard smartphones without any hardware or software modifications. This milestone makes ...

SES, earlier this month, extended a multi-year, multi-launch services agreement with Relativity Space which is building the Terran R rocket—the companies are partnering for multiple launches aboard Terran R, a medium-to-heavy-lift, reusable launch vehicle, that will bring the selected SES ...

Viasat has worked with the Spanish Ministry of Defence (MoD) to install two redundant Network Control Stations (NCSs) to support two satellites, SpainSat NG I and SpainSat NG II.—one ground station controls the UHF Time Domain Multiple Access (TDMA) networks, ...

Announcement from the FCC...The Federal Communications Commission today took critical step toward releasing a large swath of mid-band spectrum for America’s innovators when it voted to propose rules for 5G and 6G services in the Upper C-band (3.98-4.2 GHz). This ...

Speedcast has successfully integrated and deployed Starlink’s Global High Throughput Service (HTS) for offshore energy customer COSL Drilling Europe. This latest enhancement to COSL’s fleet of state-of-the-art, semi-submersible drilling rigs marks nearly a decade of partnership with Speedcast. COSL Drilling ...

Hughes Satellite Systems owned by EchoStar admitted it doesn't have enough money now to cover its next 12-months activity and says one option is to declare Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The company's obligations include $1.5 billion (€1.29bn) borrowing obligation to repay ...

Infinite Orbits and SES are going to collaborate in Europe’s first commercial life extension mission—in-orbit services provide concrete solutions to satellite operators seeking ways to better manage and renew their fleets. Building on its tailored-to-market offering, Infinite Orbits meets the ...

Neo Space Group (NSG) and Thai Airways (THAI) have announced that NSG Skywaves®—the Group’s advanced, in-flight connectivity (IFC) solution, will be line-fit on all of THAI’s new fleet of Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. Through this agreement, Thai Airways will equip ...

After an initial €7 million funding round in 2022, the French small satellite manufacturer U-Space has announced a new €24 million Series A round led by Blast, the French Ministry of Armed Forces’ Definvest fund managed by Bpifrance, and Expansion, ...

The two companies have signed a strategic partnership aimed at offering high-speed connectivity across Italy, enabling high-performance backhaul and last-mile services by integrating satellite backhaul and fiber access in remote areas. FiberCop, the company running Italy's most advanced, extensive and ...

By Chris Forrester Silicon Valley Space Week’s second day, and part of its Satellite Innovation sessions, saw delegates enjoying a detailed update from Viasat’s Kevin Cohen (VP/Direct to Device, Strategic Partnerships), who delivered a Keynote. Chris Forrester reports. Viasat, by ...

By Chris Forrester Dr Tim Farrar, president of TMF Associates, moderated the popular Direct-To-Devices session at the Silicon Valley Space Week held at Mountain View on October 28. The popularity of the panel, part of the SVSW’s Satellite Innovation segment, ...