Open Cosmos, facing September ITU deployment deadline: We’re building satellites like there’s no tomorrow, 24/7, at 4 sites

by Peter B. de Selding

WASHINGTON — Small satellite manufacturer and service provider Open Cosmos Chief Executive Rafel Jorda said his company’s four factories are operating 24/7 to build as many Ka-band broadband satellites as it can before June and September launch deadlines under its regulatory licenses.

Open Cosmos in January launched the first two satellites in the constellation just days before a deadline that, if it had been missed, would have put the future constellation out of reach.

Under International Telecommunication Union (ITU) regulations, Liechtenstein

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