Space

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...

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched the SES-18 and SES-19 satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Friday, March 17. The two American-made satellites are the fourth...

Amazon’s Project Kuiper is promising to low-cost connectivity at rates from 100 Mbps for consumers to up to 1 Gbps for enterprise, government, and telecom applications when its constellation of...

Adtran has formed a partnership with Satelles, a supplier of secure time and location technology using low-earth orbit (LEO) satellites, to enable operators of critical infrastructure to safeguard their timing...

AST SpaceMobile, which is planning to deploy a space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by standard mobile phones, signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with Saudi Arabia's stc. "We are...

Rivada Space Networks (RSN) will use Aalyria’s Spacetime platform to orchestrate the network for its planned LEO constellation. Aalyria, which is based in Livermore, California, is a spin-out from Google....

Rivada Space Networks has signed Terran Orbital's wholly owned subsidiary Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, to manufacture 300 low-earth-orbit (LEO) satellites for its "network in the sky". RSN will offer access to...

The FCC approved Kuiper Systems'updated orbital debris mitigation plan, thereby satisfying a condition of the 2020 approval for Kuiper to deploy and operate its non-geostationary orbit (NGSO) satellite constellation. Kuiper...

The EUTELSAT 5 West A satellite has been decommissioned after 20+ years ofin-orbit operation.  Based on a Spacebus 3000B3 platform manufactured by the then Alcatel Alenia Space (now Thales Alenia...

by James E. Carroll SES demonstrated its current generation O3b Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) satellites for 5G backhaul . The proof-of-concept, which was held with du from Emirates Integrated Telecommunications...