OneWeb and Sat One, the Perth based satellite service company that provides telecommunications services to enterprise customers, announced today a multi-year, multi-million dollar partnership to deliver OneWeb’s low Earth orbit (LEO) connectivity solutions across Australia and New Zealand.

Telemor (Viettel Timor Unipessoal Lda), the leading mobile operator in Timor-Leste, and SES today announced the renewal of their eight-year partnership which involves enabling Telemor to deliver upgraded mobile connectivity to residents and businesses in Timor-Leste.

MDA Ltd. (TSX:MDA), a leading provider of advanced technology and services to the rapidly expanding global space industry, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire SatixFy Space Systems UK Ltd. (SSS), the digital payload division of SatixFy Communications Ltd. (NYSE AMERICAN: SATX), and other strategic considerations.

Orbit Communications Systems, a leading global provider of maritime and airborne SATCOM terminals, tracking ground station solutions and mission-critical airborne audio management systems, unveils a major advancement in maritime SATCOM cybersecurity – the integration of the NetShroud+ system, with its comprehensive array of advanced cyber security features, into the company’s OceanTRx MIL systems.

Tapped to help U.S. defense agencies deploy safer propellant alternatives to hydrazine, Benchmark Space Systems today announced a two-year, $2.81 million AFRL SPRINT (Space Propulsion Research and Innovation for Neutralizing Satellite Threats) award to further develop and test flight-optimized thrusters running on ASCENT (Advanced Spacecraft Energetic Non-Toxic) fuel.

Globalstar, Inc. (NYSE American: GSAT) (“Globalstar”) today announced that Paul E. Jacobs, Ph.D., founder and CEO of XCOM Labs and former CEO and Executive Chairman of Qualcomm, has been appointed CEO of Globalstar, effective immediately. Dr. Jacobs has also been appointed to Globalstar’s Board of Directors. He succeeds David Kagan, who will retire as Globalstar’s CEO.

Focused on revolutionizing satellite manufacturing and diversifying customers’ choices for multi-satellite solicitations, smallsat experts LeoStella and Hera Systems have announced a strategic manufacturing alliance.

Viasat, Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT), a global communications company, and Hullo by the Vancouver Island Ferry Company, announced they have partnered to offer fast passenger connectivity aboard Hullo’s two new high-speed ferries, Spuhéls and Sthuqi’, which have recently entered service connecting passengers between Downtown Vancouver and Downtown Nanaimo.

Fleet Space Technologies, one of the world’s fast-growth mineral space-tech companies, is delighted to announce Isa Notermans as its new Chief People Officer.

An international crew of four representing four countries is in orbit following a successful launch to the International Space Station at 3:27 a.m. EDT Saturday, Aug. 26, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT), a global communications company, confirmed that its Inmarsat-6 F2 (I6 F2) satellite, which was launched on February 18, 2023, has suffered a power subsystem anomaly during its orbit raising phase.

Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS) (“Momentus” or the “Company”), a U.S. commercial space company that offers satellite buses, transportation, and other in-space infrastructure services, has signed a contract with FOSSA Systems ("FOSSA"), a Spanish company that offers global low-power Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity and in-space services to provide hosted payload services starting in 2024.

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a leading launch and space systems company, successfully launched a dedicated Electron mission for Capella Space (Capella).

Technology developer TTP plc will launch its new subsidiary Gotonomi at the upcoming Commercial UAV Expo in Las Vegas. With the aim of seeding the market, Gotonomi will offer low size, weight and power satellite terminals for uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) as flight trial development kits to partners.

Intelsat, operator of one of the world’s largest integrated satellite and terrestrial network, has been tapped to provide commercial satellite communications bandwidth, equipment and services to the U.S. Defense Department, as part of a 10-year indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) U.S. Space Force contract.

Just around the corner is the unmissable 2023 edition of IBC, with Amsterdam once again host to the global broadcast and satcom industries as they network, develop and learn.