Peter B. de Selding
@pbdes
Co-Founder, Editor, Space Intel Report
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http://www.spaceintelreport.com 12-03-2009 06:40:53
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There's still a remarkable lack of consensus among major telcos about the business potential of satellite D2D. Verizon AT&T Deutsche Telekom Connecting the World, 2.5 Billion People at a Time AST SpaceMobile #Skylo Iridium. spaceintelreport.com/102181-2/
.Rocket Lab shares up 15% in after-market trading on news of $489M contract w/ unnamed US govt agency to build/deliver/operate 18 'space vehicles;' launch in 2027, ops to 2030 w/ option to 2033. Incentives/options could add up to $26M to contract.
In ESA UK Space agency test of sat connectivity in tree-covered rail line at 54 deg N, GEO was nonstarter, cell coverage was only 55%, Iridium spotty. So Eutelsat OneWeb & Starlink were tested. Results: very good. CGI Global. spaceintelreport.com/test-of-starli…
MEO/HEO broadband satellite constellation startup #MangataNetworks partners w/ Microsoft to deliver Microsoft Azure via managed service for AI-enabled routing/cloud-edge IoT. Mangata to be Independent Software Vendor on Azure platform.
Kepler has entered into an agreement with Axiom Space to demonstrate optical inter-satellite links from the world's first orbital data center, built by Axiom.
Read more about the partnership here: axiomspace.com/news/orbital-d…
.Panasonic Avionics, fresh off big GEO-capacity expansion, now only has eyes for LEO. Eutelsat OneWeb Starlink Viasat Hughes Delta #StellarBlu Airbus #HBCplus . spaceintelreport.com/panasonic-avio…
Spanish satellite-based air-traffic management startup #Startical , led by Indra & air-nav authority ENAIRE, says Int’l Telecommunication Union #WRC23 allocation of new VHF aeronautical frequencies (117.976-147 MHz) is key enabler of future constellation.
.ESA CNES ArianeGroup Arianespace: Ariane 6 remains on track for June-July inaugural flight after December test firings. spaceintelreport.com/esa-cnes-arian…
The FCC proposed increasing the fixed broadband speed benchmark to 100/20 Mbps. Dave Taht blog.cerowrt.org and 63 technical experts submitted a 27-page comment arguing that latency, not speed, was the relevant benchmark and describing tools for measuring & reducing latency.
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Satellite direct-to-device startup Connecting the World, 2.5 Billion People at a Time confirms Bloomberg report it's signed non-binding LoI w/ #SlamCorp SPAC, in view to IPO on Nasdaq Exchange w/ valuation of $800M.
Satellite-based RF surveillance provider HawkEye 360 purchases Aurora Insight from Maxar Intelligence for undisclosed sum. Assets include 2 LEO satellites to expand Hawkeye range to 26-40 GHz. New markets include 'burgeoning needs of commercial telecommunications operators.'