LEO
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SpinLaunch, the satellite firm looking to hurl rockets into space using kinetic energy rather than rockets, has secured a $12 million investment from Kongsberg Defence and Aerospace to support a new Low Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation. -
Four Low Earth Orbit (LEO) nanosatellites from Myriota have been launched into space to bolster its IoT constellation.
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Ofcom has proposed major updates to its satellite filing procedures, introducing stricter requirements for low Earth orbit (LEO) constellations as the UK’s space sector experiences rapid growth.
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The Spanish Government has backed Sateliot, the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite provider developing space-based IoT connectivity under the 5G protocol.
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Orange and Telesat have signed a multi-year partnership to enhance satellite connectivity through the Telesat Lightspeed Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite network.
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President Trump’s row with Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky has spiralled beyond the Oval Office as a war of words between Elon Musk and European officials could upend the war-torn country’s internet connectivity.
Forthcoming events
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The European Union is moving ahead on its controversial plans to create a quantum-secure satellite system that will compete with Amazon’s Kuiper, OneWeb, SpaceX’s Starlink and others.
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Arianespace has successfully launched 34 more satellites for OneWeb, taking the company’s total in orbit to 428.
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OneWeb and Hughes Network Systems (Hughes) have formed a strategic six-year distribution partner agreement to provide low Earth orbit (LEO) connectivity services across India.
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Inmarsat, the company that is the subject of a US$7.3 billion takeover deal by Viasat, has started a 200-day process to put its latest satellite into service.
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Satellite company OneWeb finished 2021 on a high, with another successful launch, but the date of its commercial start is still unclear.
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BT and other wholesale partners of satellite company OneWeb will start testing services in January, Capacity understands, with commercial services likely to be on offer several months later.
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Inmarsat says it has successfully activated a trial payload for its planned 5G satellite project, Orchestra.
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Low Earth orbit satellites are taking over and will become an integral part of the world’s telecoms infrastructure, with 50,000 of them by the end of the decade, writes Alan Burkitt-Gray
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Telesat, which is planning to build a satellite network, Lightspeed, to rival OneWeb and SpaceX’s Starlink, will complete its merger with Loral Space & Communications next week.
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Amazon will launch its first two Project Kuiper satellites at the end of 2022, in preparation for its new 400Mbps network.
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Satellite company OneWeb is moving into Saudi Arabia and other parts of the Middle East and east Africa following a deal with a local company.
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Telesat is to deploy routing and switching platforms from Ciena for its Telesat Lightspeed terrestrial backhaul network.
