The Satcoms Innovation Group has announced its shortlist for the SIG Awards. Designed to celebrate the satcom industry’s best and most innovative solutions and professionals, the award categories are Innovation of the Year, Best Cooperation, Young Engineer of the Year and Educational Project of the Year.

Today, Terran Orbital Corporation (NYSE: LLAP) (“Terran Orbital” or the “Company”), a global leader in satellite-based solutions primarily serving the aerospace and defense industries, announced their entrance into the small satellite geosynchronous orbit (GEO) market with their SmallSat GEO™ solution for satellites above 500kg.

Telesat (NASDAQ and TSX: TSAT), one of the world’s largest and most innovative satellite operators, and ThinKom Solutions, Inc., a leading designer and manufacturer of high performance satcom antennas, today announced an expanded development partnership to certify ThinKom’s ThinAir® Ka2517 antenna for the Telesat Lightspeed Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite network.

Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), an EchoStar company (Nasdaq: SATS), today announced that the Republican Center of Space Communication (RCSC), a subsidiary of the Ministry of Digital Development, has chosen the Hughes JUPITER™ System ground platform to help close the digital divide in Kazakhstan.

Comtech (NASDAQ: CMTL) (the “Company”) today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed John Ratigan, Chief Corporate Development Officer (“CCDO”), as interim Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Mr. Ratigan succeeds Ken Peterman, who has been terminated as President and CEO and will cease to serve on the Board.

Orbit Communications Systems Inc, a leading global provider of maritime and airborne SATCOM terminals, tracking ground station solutions and mission-critical airborne audio management systems, is proud to announce a major technological advancement by implementing AI capabilities in its entire portfolio of SATCOM systems for land, air and sea.

Synspective Inc., a SAR satellite data and solutions provider, announced today that StriX-3, its fourth SAR satellite, has successfully been put into its target orbit and spread its wings.

Omnispace, the company redefining mobile connectivity for the 21st century, announced a collaboration with MTN, the largest mobile network operator in Africa.

Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: IRDM) a leading provider of global voice and data satellite communications, today announced Cosco Shipping (CSSC), the world's largest fleet of commercial vessels with 1,417 ships, has begun installation of Iridium® Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) terminals.

INTEGRASYS launches LEO NMS control and management of NGSOs, including but not limited to Starlink with centralized redundant cloud infrastructure to accommodate the automation and AI portal to ease and operate a well-managed network providing uptime/downtime, speeds, QoS, SLA (Service Level Agreement)
metrics per dish or terminal.

Intelsat, operator of one of the world’s largest integrated satellite and terrestrial networks, and India-based Cloudcast Digital Limited (CDL), provider of technology-led satcom solutions and service, expanded satellite communication connectivity using Intelsat’s FlexMove to deliver land mobile services to customers in hard-to-reach locations throughout India.

Paris-based Atheras Analytics SAS has been awarded a 12 -month contract by the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop a bespoke Ground Segment Dimensioning Tool for constellations consisting of one or more satellite networks in potentially different orbits with inter-satellite link (ISL) capabilities.

The Satcoms Innovation Group (SIG) has announced that its European Workshop will take place at ETL Systems in Herefordshire, UK.

Simera Sense, a world leader providing end-to-end optical solutions for the small satellite Earth observation industry, has raised €13.5 million in its first growth investment round.

ICEYE, the global leader in SAR satellite operations for Earth Observation and persistent monitoring, today introduces its Dwell Fine imaging mode, which adds to the unique capabilities of Dwell mode and builds on the release of Spot Fine, launched in June 2023.

Launching today, the 2024 Space Census aims to provide new data on the UK space workforce and the challenges and opportunities facing the sector.