EIB Global – the European Investment Bank’s global arm – and the European Commission have signed a financial package worth almost €60 million with SES, a Europe-based provider of satellite-enabled content and connectivity solutions. This initiative aims to deliver satellite connectivity to remote rural areas in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Nearly half of the […]

Sir Peter Beck’s New Zealand-based rocket builder, Rocket Lab, is buying German-based satellite laser specialists Mynaric. Rocket Lab will pay $75 million (€68.7m) in cash and stock and there’s potential for another $75 million in an ‘earn out’ consideration. However, key to the purchase is the statement from Rocket Lab and that its intention is […]

Samaddin Asadov has stepped down from his position as Chair of the Board of Azercosmos. Asadov has been appointed Deputy Minister of Digital Development and Transport of the Republic of Azerbaijan by the order of the President. During this transition, Dunay Badirkhanov (pictured) will oversee operations. He has been with Azercosmos since 2011, in various […]

Viasat of California, which already circles the globe with its fleet of Viasat and Inmarsat geostationary satellites, is to build a low Earth orbiting (LEO) fleet. Viasat will partner with Abu Dhabi-based Space42 which operates the profitable Thuraya fleet of speciality satellites. The agreement was announced at the Washington Satellite 2025 show. Space42 has signed […]

Kacific Broadband Satellites Group and PAKSAT are partnering to expand high-speed, affordable satellite internet across Pakistan, where over 54 per cent of the population lacks reliable broadband. Leveraging 11 Ka-band spot beams on the Paksat MM1 satellite, this partnership will bridge the digital divide and support the country’s growing connectivity needs. With high-throughput capacity for […]

Space Norway, a provider of broadcasting services across the Nordics and Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), has announced that Intelsat is an anchor customer for Space Norway on its THOR 8 satellite at 1⁰ West by taking lifetime ownership to a broadcasting payload tailored to CEE. THOR 8 is Space Norway’s new multi-mission satellite scheduled […]

The Asian Pacific Satellite-to-Device (S2D) company Astrum Mobile will operate an S2D platform delivering 5G Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) services. Astrum Mobile’s vision for an S2D service directly to end-user smartphones and smart devices is advancing with the selection of SWISSto12 as the manufacturer of the NEASTAR-1 satellite, based on the small geostationary HummingSat platform, to […]

Appaloosa LP, which manages funds holding more than 7 per cent economic interests in both SES and Intelsat submitted proxy, proposals urging the SES Board of Directors to take immediate steps to address shortfalls in corporate governance, capital allocation and management accountability. Some of its suggestions contain highly critical comments. Appaloosa, in a statement on […]

Rocket Lab, already highly successful with its rocket designs and launch programme, has introduced to the market a new concept for satellite design, which it calls “Flatellite”. The New Zealand (and New York)-based business says the new concept is designed for mass manufacture and specifically designed for large constellations of satellites. The move also reinforces […]