Starlink makes the news again
While there is not a week without news from SpaceX (7 launches in the month of January alone!), daughter-sister company Starlink is also making the… Read More »Starlink makes the news again
While there is not a week without news from SpaceX (7 launches in the month of January alone!), daughter-sister company Starlink is also making the… Read More »Starlink makes the news again
In a WEB site update, Starlink announced that it would provide direct to device connectivity for LTE cell phones in the near future. Text service… Read More »Starlink announces direct to device connectivity
Apogeo made it recently to the radar screens with the annoucement of an agreement with Momentus to launch X satellites. Apogeo plans to have a… Read More »An IoT newcomer from Italy
In a recent article (https://satellite-constellations.com/rivada-networks-announces-procurement-contract-with-tyvak/), this blog highlighted the Rivada announcement of a multi billion contract with Terran Orbital for the provisioning of its satellites.… Read More »News from Rivada
The image shows one of the most common use of bluetooth, connecting earbuds to a phone. If you ever tried it, you know it works… Read More »Bluetooth goes to space!
DIrect to Device connectivity is all the rage these with numerous projects. The latest announcement comes from E-Sat and Yahsat who jointly announced a successfull… Read More »A new D2D (Direct to Device) demo
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