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Slingshot Aerospace advances UK Space Agency’s satellite tracking
Slingshot Aerospace, Ltd. has been awarded the United Kingdom Space Agency Provision of Optical Delivery Partner contract to expand the UK’s satellite tracking capabilities. This award strengthens the UK’s sovereign […]
SatSense contracted by Network Rail to monitor Britain’s rail network using satellite radar
SatSense Ltd., a leading InSAR (Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar) technology specialist based in Leeds, UK, has secured a landmark, multi-million-pound, multi-year contract with Network Rail to deliver network-wide ground deformation […]
EU wants UK participation in IRIS2
Laurent Jaffart, Director of Connectivity and Secure Communications at the European Space Agency (ESA), has spoken encouragingly about the UK participating in the EU’s IRIS2 super-constellation being assembled by the […]
Ookla reports Sweden tops Wi-Fi speeds on European trains by “a wide margin”
Ookla has analyzed country-level train Wi-Fi performance across Europe and Asia, using Speedtest Intelligence. Europe and Asia’s rail networks, long heralded as a backbone of economic competitiveness, are now judged […]
Windracers makes history with UK’s 1st international civil drone approval
The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has approved Windracers, a British civil and defence drone manufacturer, to conduct the UK’s first, civil, unmanned aerial system (UAS) for international operation. Windracers […]
India’s Prime Video to stream New Zealand’s home cricket season lots of action including Black Hats and White Ferns
Prime Video in India has announced that it will live-stream matches from New Zealand’s 2025-26 home season. From October 1st through to March 2026, Prime members in India will be […]
Seradata: The UK space sector: moving fast and moving slow
The UK Space sector has been receiving mixed signals from government, with two major announcements highlighting this see–sawing movement. UK Space Agency is folded into governmentThe first is that the […]
Ofcom to authorize satphone connectivity
UK comms regulator Ofcom has confirmed that it will move ahead with plans to make the UK the first country in Europe to enable standard smartphones to connect to satellites […]
Forrester’s Digest: AST SpaceMobile update imminent
Texas-based AST SpaceMobile (AST) will hold its Q2 investors update later today (August 11th) at 5pm Eastern Time. Investors and analysts are keen to know more on AST’s launch and […]