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
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…
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
Sopny announced the creation of a separate subsidiary that will provide optical communications to the small satellite sector. The company called SSC for Sony Space… Read More »Sony enters the NewSpace sector
Starlink just announced that it reached the 400K subscribers mark in June 2022, compared to 250K just 3 months ago. This represents and average addtion… Read More »Starlink reaches 400K customers while launching Gen2
The FCC just authorized Boeing to launch its own broadband constellation of satellites. Apparently, this constellation mixes LEOs (132 sats at around 1000km of altitude)… Read More »FCC authorizes Boeing to launch its constellation…
Kuiper, the LEO broadband project created by Jeff Bezos, just announced it would launch its first two prototypes by end of 2022. These are prototype… Read More »Kuiper to launch in 2022