Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) announces the appointment of Laurence Delpy as General Manager of the Video Business Unit and Cyril Dujardin as General Manager of the Connectivity Business Unit. These two appointments are at the core of Eutelsat’s telecom pivot, which will be further strengthened by the combination of Eutelsat and OneWeb announced in July.

On the heels of a significant SKYWAN modem deal earlier this year, ND SATCOM has received a follow-up order worth 1.5 million Euros from its trusted Polish partner GISS Sp.z o.o. to deliver 100+ Manpack systems to the Polish Ministry of Defence (MOD).

The Challenge

29 August the long-anticipated launch of the Artemis-1 SLS launch vehicle was postponed at countdown T-40 minutes due to an engine coolant problem. This must have been disappointing not only for NASA and ESA (which developed the Artemis program Orion spacecraft Service Module) but to the millions who were looking forward to the spectacle of the most powerful launcher ever blasting-off, signaling the beginnings of the human return to space beyond the low Earth orbit of the ISS, and in preparation for a new generation of Moon landings… and more.

“Happiness is a warm gun,” the Beatles sang back in the 1960’s on their iconic White Album. Let’s update that for 2022, the Age of the Better Satellite World, and claim with scientific evidence that “happiness is building a warm rocket TOGETHER.”

Zoom zoom, zoom zoom!

“Happy? Who’s happy?” Cosmo, the padrone in the warm-hearted American file “Moonstruck” complains, suggesting that no one is or ever can be.

Wrong, says the science. 

But what produces happiness anyway? Hint: it may be related to what you do at IBC.  

IBC2022 is set to deliver exciting innovation across the show floor when the event goes live once again at the RAI Amsterdam on 9^th-12^th September, returning as a face-to-face event after two years of virtual formats.

OneWeb Technologies Inc.,today announced it is naming Kevin Steen as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Mr. Steen is succeeding former CEO, Bob Roe, who announced his retirement earlier this summer.

Data usage on commercial maritime vessels has jumped more than threefold since 2019, according to new communications analysis by Inmarsat  that underlines the shipping industry’s reliance on digital connectivity to enhance operating efficiency and safeguard crew welfare during a period of unprecedented disruption to seaborne trade. 

Seoul, Korea, September 1, 2022–The Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA) welcomed over 200 delegates from across the region for its first ever Korean focused conference and its first in market event since 2019, with Korea in View, which took place on 30 August at the Westin Josun, Seoul.

The latest Ground Segment Market report by leading space consulting and market intelligence firm Euroconsult projects the ground station segment to remain quite stable over the 2022 – 2031 period, with a year-on-year growth of 1.4% and a forecasted market value of US$ 3.6 Billion by 2031, driven by the growing demand for data & services.