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Rakuten and AST SpaceMobile make sat call with cell phone
Rakuten Mobile and AST SpaceMobile say they have successfully completed a two-way voice call with a standard mobile phone using the BlueWalker 3 LEOsat. Read more…
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OneWeb expects clearance to launch India services by July
OneWeb expects to get all statutory approvals, including landing rights and market access clearances, in time to launch satellite broadband in India by July. Read more…
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Space debris will get worse without sustainability measures
Space debris is going to get worse for unless measures are taken to ensure long term usability and sustainability of space: Inmarsat report Read more…
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Geely has launched its first batch of LEOsats for self-driving cars
Geely sent nine LEOsats into orbit as it builds out a satellite network to provide more accurate navigation for autonomous vehicles. Read more…
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Researchers urge Chinese military to build anti-Starlink weapons
Chinese military researchers say China needs to develop “anti-satellite” capabilities to monitor (and maybe destroy) Starlink LEOsats. Read more…
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New Space lands OneWeb deal for LEOsat launches
OneWeb has signed a deal with New Space India Ltd to launch its satellites after a deal with Russia’s space agency Roscosmos fell apart. Read more…
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Russia says OneWeb deal is a national security threat
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s state security agency is opposing a high-level deal for the US OneWeb satellite startup to bring Internet access to remote parts of the country because it says the project could be Read more…
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Optus Satellite to test Telesat’s LEO sat in live trials
Optus Satellite and low-earth orbit satellite operator Telesat announced they will be collaborating in live, over-the-air trials on Telesat’s recently launched LEO satellite. Telesat’s first Phase 1 LEO satellite – launched in January this year Read more…
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Addvalue and Inmarsat to launch data relay service for LEOsats
Singapore-based company Addvalue Technologies has formalized a global agreement with Inmarsat to jointly offer what is arguably the world’s first commercial communications service to improve command-and-control communications for LEOsats. The new Inter-Satellite Data Relay Service (IDRS) Read more…