Start-up satellite Internet provider OneWeb LLC, in a move that will quiet, if not silence its doubters, on June 25 announced that it had raised $500 million in equity from sources as varied as Indian telecommunications network provider Bharti Enterprises, Coca-Cola and cellular network operator Totalplay Telecommunications Inc. of Mexico.
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OneWeb Announces $500 Million of A-Round Funding With Group of Leading International Companies
OneWeb, which is building a new global communications system to create affordable broadband services for all, today announces it has raised $500 million of funding from a group of leading […]
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Globalstar Now Offers Pan-African Satellite Coverage
Globalstar, Inc. today announced that its gateway in Gaborone, Botswana has gone live, enabling Globalstar to deliver affordable simplex coverage over the African continent. This new gateway, in partnership with Broadband […]
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Hughes Announces Partnership in OneWeb’s Innovative Global Satellite Broadband Initiative to Close the Digital Divide
Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), the global leader in broadband satellite solutions and services, today announced a major technology and marketing partnership with OneWeb to close the digital divide by […]
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House, Senate Bills Deny Funds for Landsat Backup Capability
NASA should focus on building the next full-scale Earth-observing satellite in its long-running Landsat series and forget about a proposed interim capability to ensure continuous coverage in the infrared bands, House and Senate lawmakers said in separate 2016 spending bills drafted in June.
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Hampton Roads Engineers Receive Silver Snoopy Awards at NASA Langley
Four engineers from across Hampton Roads received special recognition from NASA’s astronaut corps for their work at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia.Richard Boitnott, of Poquoson, Virginia, was singled […]
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Ceres Spots Continue to Mystify in Latest Dawn Images
The closer we get to Ceres, the more intriguing the distant dwarf planet becomes. New images of Ceres from NASA’s Dawn spacecraft provide more clues about its mysterious bright spots, […]
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SSL Nabs Contract for BSat-4a
Space Systems Loral (SSL) will build the BSat-4a direct-to-home television broadcast satellite for Broadcast Satellite System Corp. (B-Sat) of Japan.
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Wallops Open House scheduled June 27
NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility launched its first rocket June 27, 1945. In commemoration of this event and its 70 years of supporting science and aerospace research, the facility is opening […]
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House, Senate Bills Deny Funds for Landsat Backup Capability
NASA should focus on building the next full-scale Earth-observing satellite in its long-running Landsat series and forget about a proposed interim capability to ensure continuous coverage in the infrared bands, House and Senate lawmakers said in separate 2016 spending bills drafted in June.
