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Satellite operators Intelsat, SES and Telesat accepts State proposal to privately auction C-band spectrum sought by 5G network operators.
Eutelsat told the commission that some proceeds from the spectrum sale should go toward covering costs satellite operators will incur moving out of spectrum transition to new 5G users.
Eutelsat and Thales Alenia Space said Oct. 29 that they had signed a “letter of agreement” for the production of Eutelsat-10B, an all-electric satellite.
The service, called Eutelsat IoT First, precedes a low-Earth-orbit constellation of 25 smallsats and hosted payloads Eutelsat plans to begin launching next year.
Eutelsat ordered two cubesats from AAC Clyde Space Loft Orbital to build and fly data-transfer payloads on a pair of shared smallsats to test the market.
Charter Competitive Carriers Association (CCA)filed a counterplan with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission urging the commission to open 370 megahertz of satellite C-band spectrum.r.
An International Launch Services Proton rocket carried Northrop Grumman’s first satellite-servicing spacecraft and a communications satellite for Eutelsa.
Eutelsat said it is still working to understand what impact the power problem may have on the Eutelsat 5 West B satellite..
The heavy lift launcher took off from Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana carrying the T-16 satellite for AT&T’s DirecTV business and Eutelsat-7C satellite.