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Latest Americas Developments / Analysis

The November 2024 issue of the Satellite Executive Briefing magazine

The November 2024 issue of the Satellite Executive Briefing is now available.  Featuring:

The Multi-Orbit Challenge for Broadband Communications by Bruce Elbert

World Satellite Business Week Report  by Elisabeth Tweedie

Exploring the Significance of Regulatory Sandboxes for Satellite  and Emerging Technologies by Matthew Evans

The Golden Crown, the Chicago White Sox & the Collapse of Starlink​ by Lou Zacharilla

Company Spotlight: WORK Microwave

Plus  Mergers and Acquisitions, Market Trends, Executive Moves, Vital Stats and many more. Click here to read or download the file

Telesat Reports Results for the Quarter and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024

Ottawa, Canada, November 14, 2024 –  Satellite operator Telesat (NASDAQ and TSX: TSAT) today announced its financial results for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2024. All amounts are in Canadian dollars and reported under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) unless otherwise noted.

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Americas Market Trends

Ground Systems Requirements for Software Defined Satellites

by Elisabeth Tweedie

Los Angles, Calif., November 19. 2024 - The satellite ecosystem has been going through a period of tremendous change and growth overthe last few years. According to Euroconsult (now known as Novaspace), the global space economy grew over 34% in the five years to 2023 to be worth US$ 509 billion and is projected to continue growing to reach US$759 billion by 2030. A lot of this growth is attributed to “New Space,” a generic term, referring to the rapid changes taking place in the satellite ecosystem.

MarketBrief Report on Innovations in Teleport Services

MarketBrief report on Innovations in Teleport Services sponsored by Es'hailSat

Featuring:

Innovations in Teleport Services by Elisabeth Tweedie

Interview with Zoubair Karchi, Vice-President Technical, Es'hailSat

To read or download the pdf of full report click here

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Americas Executive Moves and Views

Arqiva appoints Mark Steele as Chief of Operations

Mark Steele_0.jpgWinchester, UK. November 13, 2024 – Arqiva announced the appointment of Mark Steele as Chief of Operations. Mark joined Arqiva in 2015 in a project capacity before being appointed Director of Service Operations later the same year. In 2021 Mark moved to become Director of Field Operations where he was responsible for the hundreds of engineers operating 24/7 in the field to manage UK TV and radio broadcasting and smart utilities networks. 

 

World Teleport Association Names Randall Barney as Deputy Executive Director

Randall Barney.pngNew York, NY, November 1, 2024 – The World Teleport Association has appointed Randall Barney as Deputy Executive Director effective October 1, 2024. In his new role, he will have primary responsibility for the association’s fundraising, member and industry service programs, events and partnerships.

 

 

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Americas Events

SATELLITE 2025 Conference Agenda Announced

Rockville, MD – October 11, 2024 – The SATELLITE 2025 Conference and Exhibition has announced its conference program, showcasing innovative insights, inspiring speakers, and a variety of sessions that tackle the current and future climate of the satellite industry. The four-day conference program will take place Monday, March 10 through Thursday, March 13, featuring general sessions, keynotes, show floor events, and discussions surrounding business and investment, connectivity, cyber and space security, launch services, engineering, military and defense, ground systems and much more.

World Satellite Business Week Portends Headwinds Facing the Industry

by Elisabeth Tweedie

Paris, France, September 30, 2024--Nathan de Ruiter, Partner and Managing Director Novaspace, opened this year’s World Space Business Week (WSBW), held as usual in Paris, with an interesting analogy.  He compared Starlink to Apple, and the rest of the industry to Android.  Not only is it an interesting analogy, it is one that cropped up many times, during WSBW and also during Strategies in Satellite Ground Systems (SSGS), sometimes explicitly and other times indirectly.

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