Telesat says ideal LEO constellation is 292 satellites, but could be 512

Satellite fleet operator Telesat says the desired size of its future low Earth orbit broadband constellation is more than twice the number of satellites authorized by U.S. regulators, and could ultimately scale to 512 spacecraft.

MEO startup Methera plans “high density” HTS constellation

In medium Earth orbit, the only system providing satellite broadband today is SES Networks’ constellation of 16 O3b satellites. A British startup with its own 16-satellite constellation idea wants to change that.

Maxar creating new smallsat division as it shrinks SSL

Maxar Technologies is setting up a new organization focused solely on small satellites while continuing to downsize its geostationary satellite manufacturing business at Space Systems Loral.

Connectivity Business Investment Conference

This interdisciplinary conference will address the critical financial and business issues impacting the global connectivity industry and explore opportunities in the private and public equity and debt capital markets for investment in this fast gr…

NBN preps business broadband offer with underused Sky Muster capacity

An NBN executive estimated the business service will use 15 percent of the capacity on the Sky Muster satellite system.

SpaceX won’t seek U.S. rural broadband subsidies for Starlink constellation

SpaceX says it will not go after any of the $2 billion in rural broadband subsidies the U.S. Federal Communications Commission will begin doling out this summer under its Connect America Fund II program.

SmallSat Responsible Revolution: CSCA Canadian SmallSat Symposium 2018

About the Canadian Spce Commerce Associations Canadian SmallSat Symposium 2018 (CCSS18)

The central theme of the CCSS18 is SMALL SATELLITES, RESPONSIBLE REVOLUTION. The sustainability of space is at risk given the demand and opportunity for…

ViaSat and O3b, now distant neighbors, eye confrontation in medium-Earth orbit

ViaSat Inc and SES-owned O3b Ltd., two satellite fleet operators providing commercial Ka-band broadband from different orbital vantage points, look to become direct competitors based on new satellite constellations both are proposing to U.S. regulators.

Dish Network battles OneWeb and SpaceX for Ku-band spectrum rights

A coalition of 5G terrestrial mobile broadband companies led by Charlie Ergen’s Dish Network on June 8 asked U.S. regulators to strip future low-orbiting satellite Internet constellations of their priority access to 500 megahertz of Ku-band spectrum – spectrum coveted by prospective fleet owners including OneWeb LLC and SpaceX.