Space

SES now delivers more than 8,000 channels to a total of 369 million TV homes worldwide, an increase of three million over the previous year.  The overall growth was driven...

A partnership has been formed by a group of European space and telecommunications players in response to the European Commission's call for tender related to the future European satellite constellation...

SpaceX successfully launched ViaSat-3 Americas satellite to geostationary orbit aboard a Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Also on board this mission was Astranis's first MicroGEO satellite...

SES confirmed the successful launch of two additional O3b mPOWER satellites aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The second pair of O3b...

BridgeComm, which offers connectivity through multipoint optical wireless communications, announced a two-way exclusive teaming agreement with X-lumin Corporation to manufacture and market a new ground-to-space communication solution (G2S). X-lumin supplies...

The VERTIGO (Very High Throughput Satellite-Ground Optical link) project successfully demonstrated a high-power optical data transmission system at the Thales laboratory in Palaiseau, France.  Thales Alenia Space, Thales, G&H and...

Kepler Communications, a start-up based in Toronto, announced US$92 million in Series C funding to support its mission to "build the Internet for space." Kepler said it will use the...

With the deployment of C band + L band (“C+L”) photonic nodes on the terrestrial links in Europe, Middle East and South America, Sparkle further increases its transmission capacity up...

The global Viasat Real-Time Earth (RTE) ground service is now accessible through the Azure marketplace, providing high-speed connectivity directly to the Azure cloud platform. Viasat is equipping five RTE sites...

The FCC is opening a new Space Bureau and Office of International Affairs on April 11. Once the reorganization is complete, the agency’s International Bureau will become two separate, cooperative...

Intelsat 40e (IS-40e), a geosynchronous satellite that relies on spot-beam technology to provide a large amount of capacity over North America for Intelsat’s commercial aviation, mobility and network service customers,...

NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) successfully launched 36 of OneWeb's low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellites from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC-SHAR) in Sriharikota, India.  OneWeb’s satellites separated successfully from the rocket...

SpaceX's Starlink division has begun offering an unlimited global roaming option for $200 per month.  Antennas are specific for stationary or in-motion vehicles. It can be ordered in any country...