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Satellites

  • Friday, 27 September, 2024
    The Big Read
    The satellite spectrum battle that could shape the new space economy

    Elon Musk’s SpaceX is pushing to loosen power limits on transmissions in low Earth orbit, a move that some fear could give upstart US operators more power

    An infographic-like image with a rocket launch in the background, surrounded by multiple satellites in orbit. The satellites are arranged in a radial formation, with light beams representing communication signals from satellite dishes on the ground. A pair of red and blue satellites on the right stand out from the rest
  • Monday, 23 September, 2024
    Eutelsat SA
    Eutelsat explores partnerships to fund Europe’s space-based network

    Chief executive says new partners needed if EU constellation project fails to reach agreement

    OneWeb satellite
  • Monday, 15 July, 2024
    Airbus and Thales explore space tie-up

    Extensive satellite use in Ukraine conflict underlines sector’s strategic importance

    A non-military geostationary satellite
  • Monday, 8 July, 2024
    Space industry
    Europe launches countdown on its return to space

    Ariane 6 rocket must pass multiple carefully orchestrated milestones before lifting off on its first flight on Tuesday

    A test run of the Ariane 6 rocket at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana, in September last year
  • Sunday, 9 June, 2024
    Space industry
    Billionaires Mittal and Ambani take on Musk in India’s internet space race

    Bharti Airtel’s joint venture with Eutelsat OneWeb could start operating in June

    A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral., Florida, in December 2023
  • Thursday, 16 May, 2024
    Special ReportEurope’s Climate Leaders
    Companies turn to space to tackle emissions on Earth

    Green regulations are creating a bonanza for the satellite data sector

    A man-made satellite in outer space,  above the Earth’s horizon
  • Tuesday, 30 April, 2024
    Intelsat SA
    Satellite group SES to acquire Intelsat in $3.1bn deal

    Merger marks last major consolidation in industry as operators look to compete with Elon Musk’s Starlink

    Intelsat 34 satellite
  • Friday, 26 April, 2024
    Special ReportThe Americas’ Fastest Growing Companies
    The eyes in the sky fighting climate change, one methane leak at a time

    Canadian satellite operator GHGSat is proving the power of its technology

    An impression of one of the satellites operated by GHGSat
  • Sunday, 25 February, 2024
    ExplainerNuclear proliferation
    How could nuclear weapons be used in space?

    US warnings over Russian anti-satellite programme revive cold war-era concerns about risks of an orbital conflict

    Montage of the Earth and satellites
  • Wednesday, 14 February, 2024
    Climate change
    Google joins satellite mission to scan globe for methane leaks

    Tech group’s AI tools will assist project to track oil and gas infrastructure

    MethaneSAT above the Earth
  • Monday, 8 January, 2024
    InterviewSpace exploration
    UN space tsar calls for increase in junk clean-up efforts

    Official says implementing voluntary guidelines more important than new global treaty

    Aarti Holla-Maini and planet earth surrounded by space debris
  • Wednesday, 3 January, 2024
    Inside BusinessPeggy Hollinger
    The new star wars over satellites

    A contest between legacy and new operators is brewing over the use of spectrum

    The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket takes off on a mission carrying satellites
  • Sunday, 12 November, 2023
    South Korea Politics & Policy
    South Korea shoots for the stars in Asia’s space race

    Seoul has big ambitions for independent launches and a GPS-like satellite network

    People in Seoul watch a television screen showing live footage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launching with South Korea’s first lunar orbiter Danuri
  • Monday, 23 October, 2023
    Airbus signs up Northrop Grumman in bid for SkyNet military satellite contract

    Programme is expected to be one of the most hotly contested procurement deals in the UK in years

  • Wednesday, 4 October, 2023
    Anjana Ahuja
    It’s up to governments to declutter space

    The Earth is encircled with decades-old litter. Who will take control?

    Andy Carter illustration of a man carrying the Earth globe away from cloud of flying space junk.
  • Wednesday, 27 September, 2023
    Inside BusinessPeggy Hollinger
    Space needs a sustainable insurance industry

    Mishaps rise amid growing congestion of the thousands of satellites in low earth orbits

    A research and development satellite for the US Space Force is successfully launched into orbit by an Electron rocket
  • Monday, 7 August, 2023
    KKR & Co LP
    KKR agrees deal with OHB to take German satellite group private

    Capital raising for space sector is easier in private markets, says controlling Fuchs family

    Employees assemble a weather satellite inside an OHB clean room in Bremen, Germany
  • Thursday, 13 July, 2023
    Space industry
    UK needs better space strategy as global race picks up, warn MPs

    Commons science committee calls for improved leadership from government and collaboration between regulators

    SaxaVord satellite launch pad in Shetlands
  • Monday, 3 July, 2023
    Space-based lightning detector boosts forecasting of severe storms

    European satellite’s advanced technology aims to help protect communities from extreme weather

  • Thursday, 8 June, 2023
    John Thornhill
    A global satellite blackout is a real threat — can hackers help?

    Lines between military, civilian and commercial communications have blurred, creating vulnerabilities

    Onlookers on a beach watch a recent SpaceX rocket launch
  • Thursday, 1 June, 2023
    War in Ukraine
    Musk’s SpaceX wins Pentagon contract for satellite in Ukraine

    The Starlink internet service is vital for Ukraine but the billionaire has expressed concerns about its military use

    Ukrainians use their mobile phones standing near a Starlink satellite-based broadband station in Kherson
  • Wednesday, 31 May, 2023
    North Korea nuclear tensions
    Seoul retracts evacuation order after failed North Korean satellite launch

    South Korea says warning was ‘false alarm’ after rocket crashes into Yellow Sea

    People in Seoul watch a TV broadcast about North Korea firing a space satellite on Wednesday
  • Friday, 21 April, 2023
    Chinese politics & policy
    China building cyber weapons to hijack enemy satellites, says US leak

    Classified CIA document assesses Beijing’s ambitions to take control of communications critical to fighting wars

    The Dragon SpaceX satellite in space
  • Wednesday, 19 April, 2023
    North Korea nuclear tensions
    North Korea claims success in building first spy satellite

    Pyongyang says satellite will strengthen country’s ability to conduct pre-emptive strike and monitor US and South Korean activity

    Kim Jong Un and his daughter Ju Ae inspect the National Aerospace Development Administration, in a photo released by North Korean state media
  • Monday, 10 April, 2023
    LexSpace industry
    OneWeb/Eutelsat: sky-high terminal cost brings valuation down to earth Premium content

    The need for scale is why OneWeb is combining with French group Eutelsat and seeking a London listing

    A rocket carrying satellites of UK company OneWeb blasts off from a launchpad in the Amur region of Russia
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