20th Annual Global MilSatCom

SMi Group are proud to announce that the 20th annual Global MilSatCom conference and exhibition will return to London on 6th, 7th and 8th November and a small satellite and disruptive space technology focus day on the 5th November.

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FCC votes to open C-band for 5G

“We are going to need a bigger boat,” FCC Chairman Ajit Pai said July 12, quoting the 1975 movie Jaws as a metaphor for the challenge of handling 5G needs. “Or in our case, more spectrum.”

Satcom companies willing to partner with China to gain market access

Multiple satellite communications companies say they are willing to team up with Chinese companies in order to sell into its sizeable but regulatorily challenging market.

Asian satellite operators worried U.S. C-band debate will affect their markets

Satellite operators in Asia say the debate over C-band in the United States is triggering similar discussions in their markets, causing concern that cellular operators could end up in control of the spectrum in other parts of the world.

FCC unveils proposal for C-band reallocation

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission issued a draft proposal June 21 for giving the wireless industry access to C-band spectrum commercial satellite operators use to deliver cable and broadcast network programming.

SES, Intelsat plead for an extension for C-band dish registration

Fleet operators SES and Intelsat asked the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to extend the deadline for their customers to register C-band dishes before the commission decides on the band’s future use.

SES, with FCC’s blessing, says O3b constellation can reach global coverage

SES says its constellation of medium Earth orbit O3b satellites now has the ability to expand from an equatorial system to a global system thanks to new approvals from U.S. telecom regulators.

SpaceX launches SES-12 on “hybrid” Falcon 9

SpaceX launched the all-electric SES-12 telecom satellite June 4 on a Falcon 9 rocket that combined two generations of the rocket.

O3b MEO constellation grows to 16 with latest Soyuz launch

A Soyuz rocket from Arianespace successfully delivered four telecommunications satellites into medium Earth orbit for fleet operator SES.

SES’s departing CEO takes job at UAE cybersecurity firm

The departing CEO of satellite fleet operator SES will return to the United Arab Emirates to lead a cybersecurity company headquartered there.

Bad coordinates led Ariane 5 launch astray, investigators conclude

The Ariane 5 rocket that deviated from its expected flight path Jan. 25 and lost contact with ground control was fed the wrong coordinates, according to the independent commission Arianespace tasked last month to find out what caused the close call.

O3b’s Steve Collar to lead SES, Karim Michel Sabbagh stepping down

Satellite fleet operator SES on Feb. 12 announced that CEO Karim Michel Sabbagh will be leaving the company April 5, exactly four years after assuming the position.

SES allies with Intelsat, Intel on revised US C-band proposal

Satellite fleet operator SES has agreed to join Intelsat on an amended proposal to let 5G networks use some of the satellite industry’s coveted C-band spectrum for next-generation cellular systems in the United States.

SpaceX launches GovSat-1 with previously flown Falcon 9 booster

SpaceX conducted its second mission of the year Jan. 31, launching the GovSat-1 satellite for fleet operator SES and the government of Luxembourg on a previously flown Falcon 9 rocket.

Ariane 5 delivers SES-14 and Al Yah 3 to orbit despite telemetry loss

The two satellites that launched Thursday evening on an Ariane 5 are in orbit and communicating with the ground despite a harrowing loss of contact with the rocket a few seconds after its upper stage ignited.

NASA science hosted payload ready for launch

A NASA instrument to study the interaction of the Earth’s upper atmosphere with space weather is ready for launch later this month as a payload on a commercial communications satellite.