Tag: Direct-to-Device

  • SWISSto12 Partners with Germany for D2D GEO Broadcast Satellite

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    What makes this German partnership crucial for GEO broadcast satellites? SWISSto12 has secured a strategic partnership with an unnamed German high-performance space subsystem provider to develop Direct-to-Device (D2D) capabilities for Geostationary Orbit (GEO) satellites focused on media broadcast applications. The collaboration represents a significant pivot toward consumer-facing satellite services from the Swiss company known primarily…

  • BlueBird 7 Satellite Lost After Blue Origin Launch Failure

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    What happened to AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird 7 satellite after the Blue Origin launch? AST SpaceMobile’s 693kg BlueBird 7 direct-to-device satellite will be deliberately deorbited after a Blue Origin New Glenn upper stage malfunction stranded it in the wrong orbit on April 18, 2026. The $150 million satellite—designed to provide cellular connectivity directly to standard smartphones—reached…

  • AST SpaceMobile BlueBird 7 Lost in New Glenn Upper Stage Failure

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    What happened to AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird 7 satellite? AST SpaceMobile has declared its BlueBird 7 satellite a total loss following an upper stage failure during Blue Origin’s New Glenn launch on April 19, 2026. The $50 million direct-to-device communications satellite was lost when the rocket’s upper stage experienced an anomaly during orbital insertion, despite Blue…