Canadian-based Telesat has entered into a contract with Thales Alenia Space and Maxar Technologies, owner of SSL, to “further develop” …
Telesat teams with General Dynamics for LEO user terminals
This week Telesat announced it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with General Dynamics Mission Systems to work together to …
Plans for Boeing-built broadband satellite constellation stuck
Boeing hasn’t done much in the two years after asking for Federal Communications Commission (FCC) licenses to build a massive …
O3b gets FCC approval to expand satellite fleet and serve U.S., world markets
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has given SES approval to serve the U.S. market with its O3b fleet. SES’s non-geostationary …
SES, O3b adds more satellites & capacity
While the world waits for high-capacity, low-latency Low Earth Orbit (LEO) networks, SES continues to launch GEO and MEO satellites …
SSL hires executives to drive small sats, imaging
Satellite builder SSL announced the hiring of two new executives this week. The two are expected “to develop growth opportunities …
Facebook experimenting with LEO satellite technology
IEEE Spectrum and Mark Harris have unearthed another satellite scoop, digging up Facebook work on a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) …
5G and satellite – It’s complicated
At Satellite 2018 last month, everyone in the satellite industry (emphasis mine) talked up how 5G deployments and satellite can …