Jason Rainbow

Fortunes have been decidedly mixed for the space businesses that merged with a SPAC in search of capital as COVID-19 ravaged the economy. Take a look at where these companies now stand after weathering the pandemic and a few years in the limelight: https://t.co/zTK42OOH8F

Eutelsat Group CEO @eberneke shares her latest thoughts on OneWeb's next-generation constellation plans and the growing importance of multi-orbit broadband: https://t.co/eD1oFh1en5

The FCC unanimously approved ground rules for allowing SpaceX and other satellite operators to use radio waves from terrestrial mobile partners to keep smartphone users connected beyond cell tower coverage https://t.co/zmIkG9FkrN via @SpaceNews_Inc

Satellite operators are being called in to help keep Europe and Asia connected after subsea internet cables in the Red Sea were severed last week https://t.co/lJcCaXXFPd via @SpaceNews_Inc

The Astranis satellite that had plans to beam broadband to Alaska cut short by a solar array issue is on its way to a geostationary position over Asia for a very different mission https://t.co/emzGnYS4FQ

Eutelsat has decided to hold off deploying significantly upgraded OneWeb broadband satellites to instead focus on adding continuity of service capacity for customers with long-term contracts https://t.co/Pa42S6DWAI via @SpaceNews_Inc

Eutelsat says Airbus is still in the running for building its 2nd Gen LEO constellation, despite leaving their satellite manufacturing joint venture https://t.co/b1TeNOedh0 via @SpaceNews_Inc

The United States government has called on the U.S. Court of Federal Claims to throw out a lawsuit from Ligado Networks seeking $40 billion over the company’s derailed wireless network plans:  https://t.co/wtx07R6uLb via @SpaceNews_Inc

WRCs have for decades played host to a fierce battleground for the space industry as it seeks to fend off repeated advances for its spectrum from bandwidth-hungry terrestrial telcos. This time, space companies face an extra threat: other space companies https://t.co/Qs6XNNNvd2

A telco in the Philippines has called dibs on a small GEO spacecraft launching early next year that Astranis had reserved for Andesat, the cellular backhaul provider now facing delays in deploying Peru’s first dedicated telecoms satellite. https://t.co/rZ0ipoIvmt

Commercial Project Kuiper satellites are entering production next month without design changes after two recently launched prototypes aced end-to-end tests, the broadband constellation’s vice president of technology said in an interview https://t.co/Asxjgl4Z1k via @SpaceNews_Inc

The U.K.’s space minister hopes to convince Europe to use OneWeb’s proposed second-generation satellites instead of pursuing a standalone constellation now that the British operator has merged with Eutelsat of France https://t.co/5x1dvtmcmR

O3b mPower's issues are behind the $315 million loss Boeing recently disclosed on an unidentified satellite program https://t.co/a1brOFVJt5

New star-tracking sensors in the works would enable all manner of satellites to keep an eye out for hazardous orbital debris too small to detect from the ground https://t.co/dNMLpI0jJh

SpaceX has lambasted an FAA report to Congress that warned that, by 2035, falling debris from U.S.-licensed LEO constellations could injure or kill someone every two years if they deploy as planned https://t.co/VIdOvgBCUQ

The FCC has fined Dish Network $150,000 for failing to properly remove a satellite from geostationary orbit, the U.S. regulator said Oct. 2 in its first space debris enforcement action https://t.co/GmzaIhVR6K

SES is looking for other options to consolidate the space industry after merger talks with @INTELSAT broke down. I spoke to @SES_Satellites CEO Ruy Pinto as the operator is set to get billions of dollars in C-band clearing proceeds to boost its plans https://t.co/AADzG08YS8