The German broadband satellite constellation projet Rivada Networks announced it has contracted nano satellite manufacturer Tyvak for the design and construction of its 300 satellites… Read More »Rivada Networks announces procurement contract with Tyvak
Echostar, a traditional satellite operator, announced that it would launch a 28 LEO satellite constellation to provide S-band IoT connectivity. Echostar plans to use prime… Read More »Echostar to launch IoT constellation
On the evening of January 9th, the first UK attempt to launch a rocket to space failed. An anomaly in the first stage led to… Read More »VIrgin Orbit misses its target
Iridium just announced a partnership with Qualcomm to provide an Iridium based SOS feature to the next generation of Snapdragon chips. This new functionality will… Read More »Iridium joins the satellite SOS band waggon
The race is on to get a chunk of the largest identified opportunity in the constellations and space sector: connecting terrestrial handsets to satellite to… Read More »The next 66 Billion $ opportunity…
A recent FCC filing by Starlink may finally give the answer to the purchase of Swarm by SpaceX. About a year ago, in the summer… Read More »Starlink goes narrowband
Eutelsat announced that it was in talks to merge with OneWEB. This operation would create one of the largest multi orbital satellite operator with SES,… Read More »Eutelsat and OneWEB to merge
Fresh from the news, the “Breton constellation” project (after the name of the French commissionner Breton) seems to encounter its first delays. While 6B€ were… Read More »The first bump in Europe’s Megaconstellation plan?
Belgium company AeroSpaceLab announced that it will open a satellite “megafactory” in Charleroi. This factory will have the capacity to produce up to 500 satellites… Read More »Belgium enters the constellations game
Another interesting piece of news in our everchanging satellite world: Chinese automaker Geely announced that it plans to launch its own satellite constellation. As a… Read More »Geely plans its own satellite constellation