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The United Kingdom’s National Physical Laboratory (NPL) announced Monday that it has signed an MoU with OneWeb to work together on Position, Timing and Navigation (PNT) capabilities in the company’s second-generation satellite constellation. NPL is the national measurement standards laboratory of the United Kingdom. It sets and maintains physical standards for British industry. The announcement was...

Can Marine Systems signed a deal with Eutelsat Communications for access to satellite connectivity over the Asia-Pacific region. Under the agreement announced Tuesday, Can Marine Systems has access to Eutelsat Advance, the operator’s managed service offering that bundles Geostationary Orbit (GEO) and Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) capacity.  Can Marine Systems provides maritime systems in Asia. Eutelsat...

Next year, the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) plans to buy military satellite communications (SATCOM) data from Luxembourg’s Medium Earth Orbit Global Services (MGS) program, which gives Luxembourg access to SES’s O3b mPOWER constellation. “The United States is going to buy the satcom service from Luxembourg,” Barbara Baker, SSC’s deputy program executive officer...

Charity Weeden joined NASA as associate administrator for the agency’s Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy (OTPS). Weeden joins NASA from Astroscale U.S., where she served as vice president for global space policy and government relations, leading spaceflight safety and long-term space sustainability efforts. She was formerly senior director of policy at the Satellite Industry Association,...

The Global Satellite Operators Association (GSOA) has appointed ManSat’s CFO Rachel Beattie to be its new treasurer. GSOA announced the appointment Sept. 25. Beattie has been the CFO at ManSat for just over three years and has completed the ISU Space Executive Course. GSOA serves as a collaborative platform for enterprises engaged in the global...

Starlink has officially passed the 2 million subscriber mark, SpaceX announced on Sept. 23. The Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation is supplying broadband internet to more than 60 countries on all seven continents.  That means that Starlink added around 500,000 subscribers between early May and late September this year, according to previous Starlink updates.  Yet...

Australia’s leading space research center, SmartSat Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) has launched a new suite of new R&D projects and university appointments in support of the ACT Space Update 2023. These were unveiled in Canberra Sept. 23, bringing its joint investment in the ACT to over A$7 million ($4.49 million). One of two new research...

Measat is connecting close to 600 school sites in remote locations nationwide through its CONNECTme NOW high-speed wireless satellite broadband services, the company announced Friday, adding that the initiative is in line with its commitment to provide greater access to connectivity for education, especially in underserved rural communities. The CONNECTme NOW service can dynamically allocate...

Yahsat Government Solutions (YGS), an arm of Yahsat has won a new mandate worth over $5 billion with the UAE government. The deal was announced Sept. 22. The UAE government has given an Authorization to Proceed (ATP) to provide satellite capacity and managed services for 17 years. This mandate, valued at AED 18.7 billion ($5.1...

The U.S. Marine Corps has awarded Lite Coms a contract for VSAT terminals that could be worth up to $500 million.  The U.S. The Department of Defense announced the award this month. It is a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the purchase of Marine Corps Wideband Satellite Communication-Light and -Heavy systems.  The maximum dollar value for...