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Two space startups recently conducted a self-funded mission to showcase autonomous maneuvering in low Earth orbit.

SES has agreed to use the Endurance docking satellite made by Infinite Orbits to extend the life of one of the communication sat service company’s spacecraft.

SES says the U.S. government shutdown has delayed some contract awards and could push them into next year, denting the satellite service provider’s Q3 earnings.

Communications satellite operator SES has partnered with startup K2 Space to explore designing next-generation medium Earth orbit (MEO) satellites.

Laser company Cailabs has raised €57 million in additional financing and plans to test space-to-Earth optical communications with satellite operator SES.

The U.S. military recently used its new Protected Tactical Waveform (PTW) to successfully demo some of the key elements of the modernized anti-jam waveform.

European states looking to boost defense spending are likely to help drive a large jump in business that SES does with governments, CEO Adel Al-Saleh says.

SES and the Luxembourg government plan to add a second GovSat communications satellite, again opting to use Thales Alenia Space for the system.

The Space Force is replacing its legacy tactical and strategic satellite communications assets with disaggregated and proliferated spacecraft.

Boeing has delivered the ninth and 10th O3b mPOWER satellites to SES ahead of a scheduled launch this summer.

Kymeta says it has demonstrated a new antenna that can simultaneously connect to multiple satellites using Ku and Ka bands.

SES plans to use Impulse Space’s Helios kick stage to take advantage of lower-cost, LEO launch vehicles and get its satellites quickly into higher orbits.

Satellite operator SES Global is expecting a 30% boost in capacity of its O3b mPower medium Earth orbit network as two more spacecraft come online in May.

Satellite communications company SES has invested an undisclosed amount in Lynk Global, a direct-to-device satellite constellation startup.

“SES today finds itself in a vastly more competitive environment than anything it has ever faced in its history,” Appaloosa said.

SES CEO Adel Al-Saleh says there are several contractual protections to ensure industry does not take a bath on the multi-billion-dollar project.

It is not quite Starlink, but Europe aims to have its own commercial satellite communication mega-ish constellation ready starting in 2030.

The EU and ESA signed a concession contract with a European industry consortium to deploy a roughly 292-satellite secure, sovereign communications system.

European satellite communications provider SES is to buy U.S.-based rival Intelsat in a bid to tackle competition from other low-Earth-orbit services.

Three months after confirming it was exploring a merger with Intelsat, Luxembourg-based satellite operator SES said June 22 that the talks are off.