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Bharti group-backed OneWeb launches 34 more satellites into orbit

OneWeb, the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite communications company backed by Bharti, on Monday announced the launch of 34 satellites by Arianespace from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in southern Kazakhstan

Bharti group-backed OneWeb granted LoI for NLD, says DoT official

OneWeb, the Low Earth Orbit satellite communications company backed by Bharti Group, has been granted letter of intent for national long distance (NLD), while its application for providing global mobile personal communication by satellite is under consideration, a senior Telecom Department official said on Wednesday. Addressing a session hosted by industry body Broadband India Forum (BIF) on Satcom & 5G The Final Frontier', R Shakya, DDG (Satellite), Department of Telecom assured that the government is looking to provide an enabling environment for satellite communications in the country. Referring to OneWeb, Shakya said that the firm has applied for licence on GMPCS (global mobile personal communication by satellite) services and NLD (national long distance) services using satellite constellations. "I believe Letter of Intent (LoI) for NLD licence has already been issued to them. For GMPCS, since it requires a larger participation and discussion, and decision making entity is ...

ISRO's GSLV fails to place earth observation satellite into orbit

Indian Space Research Organisation's second mission of the year to place an earth observation satellite by a GSLV rocket faced a setback as the mission could not be accomplished fully due to performance anomaly in the cryogenic stage of the rocket, the space agency said on Thursday. The 51.70-metre tall rocket GSLV-F10/EOS-03 successfully lifted off from the second launch pad at the spaceport as planned at 05.43 hrs soon after the 26-hour countdown concluded. Ahead of the lift-off, the Launch Authorisation Board cleared the decks for a normal lift-off as planned. The performance of the rocket in the first and second stages of the rocket was normal, scientists at the Mission Control Centre said. However, minutes later the scientists were seen in discussion and it was announced in the Mission Control Centre by the Range Operations Director "mission could not be accomplished fully due to performance anomaly". "Performance anomaly observed in the cryogenic stage. The mission could not

Elon Musk's SpaceX acquires satellite startup Swarm Technologies

SpaceX is acquiring satellite connectivity startup Swarm Technologies for an undisclosed sum, it first acquisition in the 19 years of its existence

Geo-imaging satellite scheduled for launch in Q3 of 2021: Jitendra Singh

A few countries, including Colombia, Dominican Republic, Luxembourg and Romania, have expressed interest in space cooperation with India

Rivals turn the heat on Sunil Mittal's stand on satellite spectrum

Mittal had said, with Airtel setting up only two ground stations for uplinking in rural areas, the requirement for spectrum was minimal and different from terrestrial mobile services

Isro swinging back to action; may launch geo imaging satellite on August 12

It was scheduled for March 28 this year but a "minor issue" with the satellite forced its postponement.

DCC clears satellite connectivity for telecom networks: DoT Secretary

The DCC has cleared a provision of using satellite connectivity in telecom networks to provide services in remote areas where it is difficult to lay optical fibre network

Sky-high battle between satellite service providers and telcos for spectrum

Satellite companies are demanding spectrum free or at a nominal administered price as is done in other parts of the world. The move is being vehemently opposed by telcos through the COAI

Bharti Group to invest $500 million to be OneWeb's largest shareholder

This will make Bharti Group the largest shareholder in the satellite communications company

Mubadala group to put up Abu Dhabi's first IPO since 2017, more to follow

Al Yah Satellite Communications, fully owned by Abu Dhabi's $243 billion sovereign fund, plans to offer a stake of as much as 40% next month.

Nayara Energy selects Hughes India to connect 3,500 retail outlets

Satellite services provider Hughes Communications India on Wednesday announced it has won a contract from oil retailer Nayara Energy to manage a satellite network solution across 3,500 retail outlets.

Global satellite communication companies get govt's signal booster

The new technology, based on low earth orbit satellites (LEO), which is being used by the two companies, can offer broadband speeds of over 5GBPS

Talking to the moon: European Space Agency pitches lunar satellites plan

The European Space Agency presented a vision Thursday to put satellites in orbit around the moon that would facilitate future missions to Earth's closest neighbour

China successfully launches new ocean observation satellite Haiyang-2D

The new ocean-monitoring satellite is a part of its effort to build an all-weather and round-the-clock dynamic ocean environment monitoring system

Why Chinese rocket's crash should alert us to the problem of space junk

Navigating the celestial traffic jam caused by defunct rockets, satellites and their debris is both challenging and dangerous

This aerospace engineer's firm saves fishermen's lives using satellite tech

Thousands of fishermen perish at sea every year due to poor connectivity technology. Parthsarathi Trivedi is addressing this issue via his firm Skylo Technologies, which runs a satellite-based network

ISRO's commercial arm NSIL bags 4 more contracts, eyes satellite deals

The firm has bagged four more dedicated launch service contracts even as it plans to pursue satellite building deals

Startups to drive India's quest for a chunk of small satellite launch pie

Frugal innovations by the Indian startup community are bringing down the cost of launching small satellites into space

DRDO's surveillance satellite sent to space, will help monitor Indian Ocean

The satellite was launched using the Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) PSLV-C51 which took off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh at 10:30 am today