Laurence Russell
Technology & Culture Journalist at Freelance
Astrospondant. Technology and culture journalist specialising in space and satellites
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6 days ago |
orbitaltoday.com | Laurence Russell
SaxaVord Spaceport is considered the foremost of the UK’s seven proposed spaceports, drawing attention as the favoured site for European launch disrupter Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) as well as HyImpulse, and wider recognition as a potential site of Europe’s rapid vertical launch capability. Early crashes and slow rocket development have cast a dour eye over UK launch ambitions, leading some to expect further disappointment. Can the spell be broken?
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6 days ago |
datacenterdynamics.com | Laurence Russell
Chunghwa Telecom has announced a strategic partnership with Astranis on a dedicated MicroGEO satellite for Taiwan, supporting high-performance capacity for the country. The satellite is expected to launch by the end of 2025, providing full bandwidth as early as next year, complementing existing networks in use across the country such as the ST-2 GEO satellite, OneWeb’s LEO constellation, and SES’s O3b mPOWER MEO network, adding resilience to the country’s ‘sea to sky’ network.
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1 week ago |
datacenterdynamics.com | Laurence Russell
The UK's competition regulator has launched an inquiry into satellite operator SES’ acquisition of rival operator Intelsat. Announced last week, the Competition & Markets Authority’s (CMA) merger anti-trust inquiry process is designed to avoid “substantial lessening of competition” in British markets for goods or services through the monopolizing process of mergers. The CMA will be inviting comments from any interested party until calls close on April 29.
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2 weeks ago |
datacenterdynamics.com | Laurence Russell
Canadian satellite firm Kepler Communications has unveiled plans for on-orbit compute capacity through its optical inter-satellite links across its constellation the Kepler Network, and announced Axiom Space as a customer. Kepler offers the lease or purchase of Edge computing hardware aboard its optical data relay satellite network supporting advanced processing, storage, cloud compute, multi-sensor data fusion, and other applications.
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2 weeks ago |
datacenterdynamics.com | Laurence Russell
Canadian satellite firm Telesat has announced that it has signed a large multi-year contract for its landmark Ka-band Lightspeed low Earth orbit (LEO) service to Viasat. Announced this week, Telesat will integrate its service into Viasat’s to form a multi-orbit network capable of serving the connectivity needs of a wide span of sectors, including aviation, maritime, enterprise, and defense.
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