SpaceX may launch half-empty Starships, upending satellite economics
A potential sellers’ market for launch companies appears off the table, even as the much-anticipated Starship service by SpaceX begins...
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Satellite startup Terran Orbital falls in debut after SPAC deal
Terran Orbital Corp.’s shares declined as the maker of small satellites made its trading debut, the latest commercial-space SPAC stock...
Lasers appeal on a cost-per-bit basis, reach for Mars by 2035
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Lasers are being deployed for intersatellite links in space, but they remain expensive. For example, the Defense...
DigitalBridge and affiliate to pay $820M for Telenet tower assets
DigitalBridge Group (NYSE: DBRG) and its affiliate, DigitalBridge Investments, collectively DigitalBridge, today announced an agreement to acquire 100% ownership of...
Operators expected to invest $1T in 5G over the next 5 to 7 years
The 6G future is coming. While 5G is just finding its footing, the sixth generation of wide-area wireless technology is...
‘Cost is the elephant in the room’ as satcom providers move to the cloud
Cloud adoption in the space connectivity industry is slowly but surely following the terrestrial trend, held up by cost considerations....
Macquarie, PSP makes $2.5B rival bid for Australia’s Uniti
A unit of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners has joined HRL Morrison & Co.’s camp vying for Uniti Group Ltd. as a...
Software providers anticipate increased satcom interference and jamming
As low Earth orbit (LEO) becomes more crowded, interference will naturally increase, degrading signals to and from satellites in all...
Hughes Network Systems selects SpaceX for Jupiter-3 launch
Hughes Network Systems (HNS) has tapped SpaceX to launch its Jupiter-3 satellite in Q4. President and CEO Pradman Kaul announced...
Competition is fierce for components for U.S. space projects
U.S. government needs to act smarter in the face of increasing competition, and exercise a more rapid pace of change...
