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Olaf Eckart, a founding member of BMW's Non-Terrestrial Network team, leads the 5GAA's NTN activities shaping how satellite connectivity reaches the vehicle. At SmallSat Europe, he joins the panel on satellite-connected cars.
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Koen Willems leads the €65M European Protected Waveform — the secure communications layer for IRIS², Europe's sovereign connectivity constellation.
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The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded a contract to technology multinational GMV to lead the development and operational maintenance of mission planning functions (MPFs) for the Copernicus expansion missions. […]
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Global Invacom Group Limited (GIGL) announced on Tuesday, April 21, that its wholly-owned UK subsidiary has entered into a worldwide exclusive distribution agreement with Premix-Hadlock, a GMR Company. The agreement, […]
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Leaf Space co-founder Giovanni Pandolfi Bortoletto has built a 40-plus-station global ground network supporting 170+ satellites and 22,000+ passes per month. At SmallSat Europe, he joins the Hybrid Ground Segment panel to argue the constraint has moved from orbit to Earth.
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RF-Design GmbH has introduced the FiberLink CompactLine FCLR1811S4, a 1RU 19″ modular platform designed to consolidate RF-over-Fiber (RFoF) transmission and system monitoring. The system, developed at the company’s headquarters in […]
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Texas-based antenna manufacturer Sat-Lite Technologies made the April 20 strategic hire to address surging demand within the satellite ground segment, specifically targeting new opportunities in multi-orbit communications and electronic warfare […]
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On Thursday, April 16, 2026, Tory Bruno, the President of Blue Origin’s National Security Group, announced the development of Project Quartz, a brand new global network of ground stations and […]
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OXFORD, UK — Archangel Lightworks, a specialist in free-space optical (FSO) communications, announced on Monday the successful closure of an oversubscribed £10 million Series A funding round. The investment is […]
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The satellite industry has built roughly 10 percent of the optical ground infrastructure it needs. Without 200 to 500 optical ground stations, the Pentagon's $35 billion PWSA and $185 billion Golden Dome programs risk becoming stranded assets — data moves flawlessly in orbit but cannot reach the ground.
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