Plus: Isar prepares for a second launch
| By Jeff Foust SpaceX expects to begin testing direct-to-device services using newly acquired spectrum from EchoStar as soon as the end of next year.
SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell said at the World Space Business Week conference Sept. 16 that the company is now working with a wide range of technology and telecom partners to use S-band spectrum SpaceX purchased for $17 billion in cash and stock last week.
"We hope to be launching our next-generation direct-to-device satellites in two years, and hopefully maybe have some tests on phones late next year," she said.
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| Canada's Telesat is pitching Lightspeed as a bridge to IRIS² as its low Earth orbit broadband constellation is set to come online in 2027, at least three years before Europe's sovereign multi-orbit network is due to enter service.
SES announced plans to deploy a satellite co-developed with manufacturing startup K2 Space early next year, marking the start of a more iterative approach to upgrading its medium Earth orbit broadband constellation.
During a briefing held in conjunction with World Space Business Week, company executives discussed the March 30 launch of Spectrum from the Andøya Spaceport in northern Norway, when the vehicle activated its flight termination system roughly 30 seconds after liftoff. The company is now working towards a second flight of Spectrum. The first stage of that vehicle is at Andøya for pre-launch tests while the second stage completes assembly at Isar's factory in Germany. | | |
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| During a Sept. 15 interview with SpaceNews at World Space Business Week, Aschbacher, the European Space Agency's director general, discussed ESA's agenda and the ambitious budget negotiations ahead of November's ministerial conference. He also talked about the importance of an ongoing launch competition and the need to deepen commercial partnerships.
Viasat and Space42 have agreed to combine geostationary Mobile Satellite Services resources, aiming to create the world's largest coordinated spectrum block for direct-to-device services within three years. The operators said Sept. 15 their Equatys joint venture involves well over 100 megahertz of L- and S-band spectrum already allocated across more than 160 markets. |
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