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Nigeria has an ambitious goal to increase its broadband penetration rate from 50% to more than 70% by end of 2027. Nigerian satellite operator Nigcomsat has a role to play in that expansion as the national satellite operator. Earlier this year, Nigcomsat announced a partnership with Eutelsat Group to deliver Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) services in…

A European company that seeks to develop orbital spacecraft for cargo, and eventually humans, took a step forward this week with a test flight that saw its “Mission Possible” vehicle power up and fly successfully in orbit before making a controlled reentry into Earth’s atmosphere. However, after encountering an “issue,” the Exploration Company lost contact…

NATO released its Commercial Space Strategy on Tuesday, aimed at integrating commercial solutions more flexibly, and creating more business opportunities while simplifying how space companies engage with NATO.  The “Commercial Space Strategy,” the first of its kind for NATO, was developed in consultation with industry. It supports NATO’s “Overarching Space Policy,” released in 2019 about…

T-Mobile will be launching its new nationwide satellite service to subscribers in late July. T-Mobile’s satellite-to-mobile service, T-Satellite with Starlink, will be commercially available on July 23 and will include SMS texting, MMS, picture messaging, and short audio clips. In October, T-Satellite plans to launch a data service to allow application experiences on the satellite…

BlackSky Technology has received a potential $24-plus million task order to provide the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) with object detection monitoring of military and economic facilities worldwide. The initial award under the Luno A Facility Operational Monitoring order is for $2 million, BlackSky said on Tuesday. The task order has a four-year period. BlackSky said…