by Peter B. de Selding | Jul 5, 2018
SINGAPORE — At least a dozen satellite companies are pursuing the difficult-to-tap market of providing broadband access to the 4 billion people who don’t have it. Most are proposing to use hundreds of satellites in low Earth orbit, or large geostationary-orbit...
by Peter B. de Selding | Jul 4, 2018
PARIS — Angel and venture-capital enthusiasm for the space sector has rippled outward from the United States and is now taking effect in Europe and Asia. Whether it’s herd mentality or a prescient view of successful business models, most of these investors have...
by Peter B. de Selding | Jul 3, 2018
SINGAPORE — Broadband hardware and service provider Hughes Network Systems announced Jupiter System ground network contracts with Malaysia’s Mutiara Smart Sdn Bhd for government applications and commercial operator PT PSN of Indonesia. But the focus of attention, as...
by Peter B. de Selding | Jul 2, 2018
PARIS — Three months after receiving U.S. FCC approval, which triggered a regulatory countdown, SpaceX’s Starlink satellite broadband constellation remains as much of a black box as ever. There has been no verifiable major development that would indicate the passage...
by Peter B. de Selding | Jul 2, 2018
PARIS — The European Space Agency (ESA) goal of offering commercial access to the International Space Station (ISS) through a partnership with Airbus is facing the challenge of persuading customers to sign contracts despite doubts about ISS’s future. Airbus Defence...
by Peter B. de Selding | Jun 29, 2018
PARIS — Two years ago, satellite fleet operator Hispasat struggled to close the business case for a new satellite network. Today, it’s having trouble justifying the the replacement of an aging in-orbit satellite that is mainly full. Such is the position of many fixed...
