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Telesat Signs Capacity Agreements with Orange and Space Norway for Lightspeed LEO Services
Telesat signed new capacity agreements with Orange and Space Norway for Telesat Lightspeed Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) connectivity services, Telesat announced on March 11. Space Norway will incorporate a multi-Gbps capacity pool from Telesat Lightspeed and the capacity will be backed by committed information rates and a service level agreement. This will allow Space Norway to…
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Operators Take Aim at Perception of Starlink Dominance in Satcom Market
Satellite operators took aim at the narrative that Starlink is dominating the satellite communications industry, pointing to growth and strong demand in their connectivity businesses. “There is a narrative in the market that every time Starlink wins a deal, it’s amplified. Yet if you look at the performance of every company here — we’re all…
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What’s behind the recent string of failures and delays at SpaceX?
It has been an uncharacteristically messy start to the year for the world’s leading spaceflight company, SpaceX. Let’s start with the company’s most recent delay. The latest launch date for a NASA mission to survey the sky and better understand the early evolution of the Universe comes Monday night. The launch window for this SPHEREx…
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ST Engineering iDirect Launches Intuition Unbound SATCOM Ground Solution
ST Engineering iDirect, a global leader in satellite communications, unveiled Intuition Unbound, the satellite industry’s first ground segment implementation offered in a consumption-based model. With Intuition Unbound, ST Engineering iDirect is helping its customers reduce the cost of market entry and accelerate time to revenue while meeting the need for flexible, innovative ground solutions that…
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Blue Origin’s Blue Moon lunar lander is on deck to deliver NASA payload to the moon
An artist’s conception shows the Blue Moon MK1 lander on the moon. (Blue Origin Illustration) Update: The first Blue Moon MK1 mission is currently scheduled for no earlier than 2026. NASA says it has penciled in Blue Origin’s Blue Moon MK1 cargo lander to deliver a scientific payload to the moon’s south polar region as…
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Relativity Space makes significant progress on Terran R; flight hardware in production
Relativity Space has announced significant progress with its Terran R reusable launch vehicle. In a newly released video, the company says it is set to have the vehicle’s primary structure completed this year, with a full vehicle assembled for launch in 2026. Terran R is also anticipating reuse early in the program, with the first…
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Airtel Signs Deal With SpaceX to Bring Starlink Internet to India
Bharti Airtel agreed to bring SpaceX’s Starlink internet services to customers in India, Airtel announced on March 11. Airtel said this is the first agreement SpaceX has signed to receive its authorization to sell Starlink in India. The partnership aims to show how Starlink can expand Airtel’s offerings and how Airtel’s knowledge of the Indian…
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Thales Alenia Space to Build JSAT-32 Communications Satellite for SKY Perfect JSAT
Asia’s largest satellite operator SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation and Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), have announced the signing of a contract to build geostationary communications satellite JSAT-32. Operating in the Ku and Ka frequency bands, JSAT-32 will provide coverage over Japan and its surrounding seas, with newly added…
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