LEO
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Satellite operator Telesat joined forces with SatixFy Communications to develop landing station baseband units for Telesat’s upcoming Lightspeed network. -
The rollout is expected to be completed continent-wide by December 2024, with services already operational in four African countries.
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Eutelsat Group has announced the signing of an exclusive distribution partnership agreement with Rawafed Libya for Telecommunications & Technology (RLTT), the Libyan telecoms operator, for the delivery of high-speed, low latency connectivity across Libya.
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OneWeb has signed a contract with Intellian for the supply of Intellian’s OW11FL user terminals, with mass-production beginning in Q4 2024.
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OQ Technology plans to grow its constellation from three to ten satellite in low Earth orbit (LEO) this year.
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SpaceX’s Starlink is the fastest way to get broadband in eight European countries, but fixed broadband was faster in four more.
Forthcoming events
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Sunil Bharti Mittal’s Bharti group has stepped in to top up OneWeb’s funding by US$500 million just as the company prepared for the last launch in its first phase before going commercial.
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OneWeb has applied to the Indian government for a licence to provide personal satellite communications.
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Alaska Communications has entered into a distribution partner agreement with OneWeb to expand its connectivity solutions across Alaska.
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Japanese operator and investor SoftBank has taken a significant move to unify and coordinate all of its connectivity solutions that operate from above the Earth’s surface.
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Telesat and TIM Brasil have completed a first-of-its-kind LEO backhaul testing in Brazil.
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Google data centres are to be equipped with ground stations for Space X’s Starlink broadband satellites, giving customers low-latency access to services.
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OneWeb is to buy US military satellite specialist TrustComm to give it a way into US government and military contracts.
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Half a million people have ordered Starlink satellite broadband services from SpaceX, the company has announced.
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The US Air Force has emerged as a significant customer for UK/Indian satellite network OneWeb, saying it will use it for Arctic services.
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Satellite company OneWeb is in “advanced discussions” with potential investors to provide its missing US$475 million.
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Eutelsat has spent US$550 million on a 24% stake in satellite company OneWeb, joining Bharti Global and the UK government — which each spent $500 million — as an equal shareholder.
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French launch company Arianespace plans to launch another 36 communications satellites for OneWeb next Monday evening.
