Satellite News: 15 June 2025

Connected Suriname: A Deep Dive into Internet Access and Satellite Connectivity in the Guianas

As of January 2024, about 75.8% of Suriname’s population were online, roughly 474,000 people, with about 24% remaining offline. In August 2024, the Deep Blue One subsea fiber optic system, operated by

5 July 2025

Internet Access and Satellite Connectivity in Turkmenistan

As of early 2024, Turkmenistan had about 2.59 million internet users, roughly 39.5% of the population—the lowest penetration in Central Asia. Turkmenistan’s telecom market is a state monopoly led by Turkmentelecom (Turkmen

30 June 2025

Connectivity · Internet · Satellite · Technology · Turkmenistan

Taiwan’s Internet Access – Fiber Power, 5G Expansion, and Satellite Horizons

In 2022 Taiwan had about 6.55 million fixed broadband accounts, with 4.12 million (63%) fiber-based and 2.17 million (≈33%) cable modem subscribers, while ADSL subscriptions fell to around 260,000. As of 2024,

29 June 2025

5G · Fiber Optics · Internet · Satellite · Taiwan

Ghost Signals and Laser Shields: The Pentagon’s 500-Satellite Orbital Defense Net

In June 2024, Australian astronomers traced a 30-nanosecond radio burst to NASA’s defunct Relay-2 satellite, offline since 1967, likely caused by a micrometeoroid hit or decades of charge buildup. The LES-1 Lincoln

29 June 2025

Defense · Military · Pentagon · Satellite · Technology

ForgeStar-1: Pioneering the UK’s Orbital Chip Foundry in Space

ForgeStar-1 launched on June 12, 2025 aboard SpaceX Falcon 9 Transporter-14 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, marking the UK’s first in-space manufacturing mission. The Welsh-built ForgeStar-1 is a fully retrievable, reusable space

29 June 2025

Chip Foundry · Satellite · Space · Technology · UK

SpaceX Wins $81.6 Million U.S. Space Force Deal to Launch WSF-M2 Weather Satellite in 2027

The USSF-178 task order is an $81.6 million NSSL Phase 3 Lane 1 award to SpaceX to launch WSF-M2 on a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg SFB in the first half of FY2027,

29 June 2025

Satellite · Space · Space Force · SpaceX · Weather

Plan-S Expands Connecta Constellation to 17 Satellites, Boosting Gigabit Industrial IoT and Cutting Latency

The four new Connecta satellites named Connecta IoT-9, IoT-10, IoT-11, and IoT-12 were launched in June 2025 aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 on the Transporter-14 rideshare. The launch brings Plan-S’s Connecta constellation to

28 June 2025

Connectivity · Industry · IoT · Satellite · Technology

Xona’s Pulsar Constellation Secures $92M to Revolutionize GPS with Centimeter-Accurate, Unhackable Navigation

Xona’s Pulsar constellation plans to deploy 250–300 small LEO satellites at about 326 miles (525 km) altitude to deliver centimeter-level PNT. Pulsar signals are encrypted and authenticated, with satellites orbiting ~40× closer

28 June 2025

GPS · Innovation · Navigation · Satellite · Technology

India Grants License to Starlink: A New Era for Satellite Internet Connectivity

In mid-June 2025, India’s Department of Telecommunications granted Starlink a Global Mobile Personal Communications by Satellite (GMPCS) license, publicly confirmed by Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia. Starlink becomes the third GMPCS licensee in

21 June 2025

India · Internet · Satellite · Starlink · Technology

Space-Based 5G Backhaul: The Billion-Dollar Race to Orbit 5G (2024–2031)

Starlink’s upfront CapEx was estimated at about $10 billion and later as high as $30 billion, SpaceX launched over 8,000 Starlink satellites with about 4,000 in operation by April 2025, and the

17 June 2025

5G · Future Trends · Satellite · Space Technology · Telecommunications

Space at Stake: The Boom in Satellite Insurance & Risk Management (2025–2032)

In 1965 Lloyd’s of London issued the first space insurance policy for an early Intelsat satellite. In 2019 insured losses reached about $788 million against roughly $500 million in premiums, following major

16 June 2025

Insurance · Risk Management · Satellite · Space · Technology

Inside Saint Lucia’s Digital Revolution: The Untold Story of Internet and Satellite Access

Flow provides hybrid fiber-coax and some FTTH with up to 400 Mbps fixed download, and the Internet Select 400 plan costs EC$117.68 per month (VAT included). Digicel+ offers FTTH up to 500

15 June 2025

Digital Transformation · Internet · Saint Lucia · Satellite · Technology

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