Satellite News

  1. Inmarsat's European Short-Haul Wi-Fi Satellite Launches 6/29/2017

    Inmarsat, the world’s leading provider of global mobile satellite communications, has confirmed the successful launch of its S-band satellite (Inmarsat S EAN) for the European Aviation Network (EAN).

  2. Is Apple Trying To Break Into Satellite Internet? 4/25/2017

    Apple has reportedly hired two former executives of Google's defunct satellite internet unit, which suggests that Apple may be planning to get a similar project off the ground and up into orbit.

  3. Kymeta Raises $73.5 Million Ahead Of mTenna Satellite Antennas Commercial Trial 4/11/2017

    Kymeta Corporation, a metamaterials-based antenna technology startup based in Redmond, Wash., has raised $73.5 million in financing to develop and commercialize its software-steered antennas for the global mobile communications market.

  4. New NASA Radar Technique Finds Lost Lunar Spacecraft 3/9/2017

    Finding derelict spacecraft and space debris in Earth's orbit can be a technological challenge. Detecting these objects in orbit around Earth's moon is even more difficult.

  5. Intelsat, OneWeb Merge Into First "Truly Global Broadband Company" 3/3/2017

    Satellite services provider Intelsat SA is merging with OneWeb Ltd. in a share-for-share transaction to build the world’s first truly global broadband network, combining OneWeb’s constellation of low earth orbit (LEO) satellites with Intelsat’s fleet of geostationary orbit (GEO) satellites.

  6. Inmarsat, Actility To Launch Global Low-Power IoT Network 2/10/2017

    Satellite telecommunications company Inmarsat and Internet of Things (IoT) network solutions provider Actility are launching a global network of land-based, low-power IoT devices connected to a satellite communications network.

  7. SpaceX Betting Big On Satellite Broadband Internet 1/17/2017

    Space Exploration Technologies Corp., better known as SpaceX, expects future revenue from its planned satellite broadband internet business will be significantly larger than its rocket launch business by 2020.

  8. SpaceX Plans To Launch Massive Satellite 'Constellation' For Global Broadband 11/22/2016

    Elon Musk's aerospace company SpaceX is planning to launch by the end of the decade a 4,425-strong 'constellation' of low earth orbit (LEO) satellites to provide gigabit-speed broadband and communication services globally.

  9. NASA Builds Umbrella-Style Antenna For RainCube, MarCO CubeSats 11/11/2016

    Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) have developed a new folding, umbrella-like antenna design that can be deployed from a canister on a CubeSat – a low-cost mini-satellite slightly larger than a cereal box.

  10. China Unveils First Satellite Smartphone For "Space-Based Silk Road" 11/8/2016

    China has unveiled the first satellite smartphone that works with the country's pioneering satellite for mobile communications, Tiantong-1 (TT-1).