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JAXA Selects ArkEdge to Study LEO PNT System
International • Satcom

JAXA Selects ArkEdge to Study LEO PNT System

The LEO PNT system aims to support terrestrial industries as they move toward greater automation.

October 18, 2024October 17, 2024
Kepler Communications Wins €36M ESA HydRON Contract
Europe • International • Satcom • Technology

Kepler Communications Wins €36M ESA HydRON Contract

The HydRON program supports ESA’s goal of delivering high-speed internet connectivity, and may one day operate at a rate of a terabit per second, according to Kepler CEO Mina Mitry.

October 17, 2024June 9, 2025
Constellation Technologies Raises €9.3M Seed Round
LEO • Satcom • Startups

Constellation Technologies Raises €9.3M Seed Round

The company says their aim is to empower terrestrial telecommunication providers rather than compete with them. 

October 15, 2024October 15, 2024
Skyloom Enters the European Market With Joint Venture
Europe • International • Satcom

Skyloom Enters the European Market With Joint Venture

The new venture, called Skyloom Europe, will establish a facility in northern Italy to manufacture optical communications terminals to support multi-orbit satellite networks.

October 9, 2024June 9, 2025
The Airline Industry is Moving to Free Wi-Fi and Starlink
Analysis • Research • Satcom

The Airline Industry is Moving to Free Wi-Fi and Starlink

200 Mbps Wi-Fi offered for free sounds pretty good to me. What’s in it for the airlines? Is Starlink going for the sweep? What happens to the GEOs?

October 2, 2024October 2, 2024
Impact of In-Space Relay Networks on Ground Station as a Service 
Business • Research • Satcom

Impact of In-Space Relay Networks on Ground Station as a Service 

Traditional Ground Station as a Service (GSaaS) providers will soon face competition from relay communications networks that promise faster transmitting, simplified licensing, and potentially lower cost. 

September 25, 2024September 26, 2024
Intuitive Machines Will Build A Lunar Communications Network 
Business • Cislunar • Civil • Deep Space • Lunar • Satcom

Intuitive Machines Will Build A Lunar Communications Network 

“We sell minutes on the network, something like a million minutes a year, to NASA.”

September 19, 2024September 24, 2024
Telesat Plans A Different Kind Of LEO Network
Satcom

Telesat Plans A Different Kind Of LEO Network

Authorities in Ottawa and Montreal approved C$2.54B ($1.87B) in public loans for the company’s 198-satellite LEO broadband network last week.

September 18, 2024September 18, 2024
Reflex Aerospace To Fly New Optical Comms System 
Broadband • Satcom • Startups

Reflex Aerospace To Fly New Optical Comms System 

Satellite architects are looking to lasers for more bandwidth.

September 17, 2024September 17, 2024
ATLAS Raises $15M To Bolster Ground-Station Software Biz
Business • LEO • Satcom • Technology • VC/PE

ATLAS Raises $15M To Bolster Ground-Station Software Biz

“Some of us joke that we’re actually a software company with a network.”

September 4, 2024September 4, 2024
SmallSat 2024: A Look Back at a Busy Week
LEO • Satcom • Startups

SmallSat 2024: A Look Back at a Busy Week

The size of this year’s conference meant that the press wires were a fire hose of companies unveiling innovative technologies, new partnerships, and additional funding streams.

August 12, 2024August 12, 2024
China Kicks Off its First Mega Constellation
Satcom

China Kicks Off its First Mega Constellation

The global competition to field huge satellite networks has a new entrant—China

August 7, 2024August 7, 2024

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