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May 6, 2024
SES is expanding its work with Colombian connectivity provider INRED to connect more than 500 homes, schools, government entities, and habitants in the Amazonas. This supports the Colombian government’s Amazonas Digital initiative. SES announced the deal on Monday. INRED will leverage SES’s Medium-Earth Orbit (MEO) satellites to connect the city of Leticia and other rural…
May 6, 2024
Eutelsat Communications is considering selling its network of satellite ground stations, the company confirmed on May 6. Eutelsat issued a press release on Monday after Bloomberg broke the news on May 3. According to Bloomberg, the ground network is worth more than 800 million euros ($850 million). Eutelsat confirmed it is “analyzing options to partner…
May 6, 2024
New startup Portal Space Systems, led by SpaceX’s former vice president of propulsion Jeff Thornburg, emerged from stealth mode last week with plants to build capabilities for in-space maneuverability. The company is developing the Supernova satellite bus, designed to maneuver from Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) to Geostationary Orbit (GEO) in hours, LEO to Medium-Earth Orbit (MEO)…
May 6, 2024
Connectivity is the cornerstone of today's global economy and it will certainly be the case for the Future Space Economy, with even more complex, data-centric applications. We spent decades building the global satellite connectivity infrastructure around Earth, is it possible to replicate Earth's satellite connectivity infrastructure on the Moon, or on other planets? This episode…