Europe’s satellite firms and telcos partner to pitch for EU’s IRIS² constellation
Airbus, Eutelsat, Hispasat, SES, Thales Alenia Space, Deutsche Telekom, OHB, Orange, Hisdesat, Telespazio, and Thales all join forces
Airbus, Eutelsat, Hispasat, SES, Thales Alenia Space, Deutsche Telekom, OHB, Orange, Hisdesat, Telespazio, and Thales all join forces
The contract will last for five years
The deals are with both public and private broadcasters
Private 5G and Edge compute to combine with medium orbit satellites
A deal could be reached in the next few weeks
Company to use loan to buy three broadcast & broadband satellites
State-owned telco CNT will deploy the satellites
New O3b mPower satellites will be used by the operator
Launches pushed back to 2023, network go-live date back from Q2 to Q3
SES will provide coverage from its O3b medium-earth orbit (MEO) satellite system
As US considers reimbursement for commercial satellite damage during future conflicts
Telesat may reduce Lightspeed constellation size as Rivada announces plans for 600-satellite fleet
Will be first O3b mPOWER ground station in Africa