Satcom
Stories about the satellite communication industry.
CNES Taps Industry For 5G D2D Demo
Thales Alenia Space—a joint company between Thales and Leonardo—will lead the consortium, which also includes participation by Thales and Capgemini.
Laser Test Connects Satellite, Aircraft For High-Speed Troop Data
Sick of waiting for videos to download on your 100-Mbps-plus connection? Troops in the field also are hungry for high-bandwidth data—and SDA just oversaw a test promising exactly that.
EchoStar Stock Explodes After AT&T License Deal
The AT&T deal has other competitors, like T-Mobile and Starlink, hungry for their own piece of EchoStar’s pool of underused spectrum licenses.
York Space Systems Delivers Tranche 1 SDA Sats
These sats will form a mesh network of optical communications links to provide global, low-latency comms for the DoD.
What SpinLaunch Is Doing With Its $30M Series C
SpinLaunch closed new funding to develop a LEO satellite broadband constellation, called Meridian Space.
SWISSto12 Aims to Boost European Space Sovereignty
HummingSat’s first commercial mission will be a satellite to provide additional capacity for Intelsat (now SES).
Inside Eutelsat’s Pitch to Offer WiFi on French Trains
There’s a light at the end of the tunnel for French commuters frustrated that their WiFi keeps dropping out over the countryside.
Space Force Taps Five Companies For Jam Resistant Comms
The DoD has invested heavily in finding workarounds when communications are taken offline, and is funding the development of more resilient PNT and comms systems.
Open Cosmos is Poised to Break the 6G Barrier
The flight of 6GStarLab represents a leap for European non-terrestrial network (NTN) connectivity.
European Satcoms are Coming Around to Standardization
All.Space, the UK company building terminals that can connect to multiple satcom networks, won a €3.42M ESA contract this week to develop capabilities for the startup’s terminals to connect to 5G non-terrestrial networks (NTNs).
NASA Asks Industry for Interplanetary Comms Plans
The challenge of surviving and operating in deep space will be a relatively new one for the private sector.
What’s the Plan for New-Look SES?
European satellite pioneer SES completed its acquisition of US competitor Intelsat, creating a geostationary giant that looks to thrive in a new era of satcom consolidation.
