SES is looking for other options to consolidate the space industry after merger talks with Intelsat broke down. I spoke to SES CEO Ruy Pinto as the operator is set to get billions of dollars in C-band clearing proceeds to boost its plans spacenews.com/ses-qa-levelin…

The FCC has fined Dish Network $150,000 for failing to properly remove a satellite from geostationary orbit, the U.S. regulator said Oct. 2 in its first space debris enforcement action spacenews.com/fcc-fines-dish…

SpaceX has lambasted an FAA report to Congress that warned that, by 2035, falling debris from U.S.-licensed LEO constellations could injure or kill someone every two years if they deploy as planned spacenews.com/spacex-slams-f…

New star-tracking sensors in the works would enable all manner of satellites to keep an eye out for hazardous orbital debris too small to detect from the ground spacenews.com/upgraded-star-…

O3b mPower's issues are behind the $315 million loss Boeing recently disclosed on an unidentified satellite program spacenews.com/ses-says-o3b-m…

The U.K.’s space minister hopes to convince Europe to use OneWeb’s proposed second-generation satellites instead of pursuing a standalone constellation now that the British operator has merged with Eutelsat of France spacenews.com/uk-pushing-to-…

Commercial Project Kuiper satellites are entering production next month without design changes after two recently launched prototypes aced end-to-end tests, the broadband constellation’s vice president of technology said in an interview spacenews.com/project-kuiper… via SpaceNews

A telco in the Philippines has called dibs on a small GEO spacecraft launching early next year that Astranis had reserved for Andesat, the cellular backhaul provider now facing delays in deploying Peru’s first dedicated telecoms satellite. spacenews.com/delay-for-peru…

WRCs have for decades played host to a fierce battleground for the space industry as it seeks to fend off repeated advances for its spectrum from bandwidth-hungry terrestrial telcos. This time, space companies face an extra threat: other space companies spacenews.com/battle-of-the-…

The United States government has called on the U.S. Court of Federal Claims to throw out a lawsuit from Ligado Networks seeking $40 billion over the company’s derailed wireless network plans:  spacenews.com/us-seeks-dismi… via SpaceNews

Eutelsat says Airbus is still in the running for building its 2nd Gen LEO constellation, despite leaving their satellite manufacturing joint venture spacenews.com/airbus-takes-o… via SpaceNews

Eutelsat has decided to hold off deploying significantly upgraded OneWeb broadband satellites to instead focus on adding continuity of service capacity for customers with long-term contracts spacenews.com/eutelsat-scale… via SpaceNews

The Astranis satellite that had plans to beam broadband to Alaska cut short by a solar array issue is on its way to a geostationary position over Asia for a very different mission spacenews.com/astranis-reloc…

Satellite operators are being called in to help keep Europe and Asia connected after subsea internet cables in the Red Sea were severed last week spacenews.com/satellite-conn… via SpaceNews

The FCC unanimously approved ground rules for allowing SpaceX and other satellite operators to use radio waves from terrestrial mobile partners to keep smartphone users connected beyond cell tower coverage spacenews.com/fcc-approves-d… via SpaceNews

Eutelsat Group CEO eva berneke shares her latest thoughts on OneWeb's next-generation constellation plans and the growing importance of multi-orbit broadband: spacenews.com/making-case-mu…

Fortunes have been decidedly mixed for the space businesses that merged with a SPAC in search of capital as COVID-19 ravaged the economy. Take a look at where these companies now stand after weathering the pandemic and a few years in the limelight: spacenews.com/spac-class-of-…

Merging satellite operators SES and Intelsat independently invested in direct-to-device venture Connecting the World, 2.5 Billion People at a Time without knowing about the other’s decision spacenews.com/intelsat-ceo-r… #SATShow

Remote connectivity startup @sateliot has hit a 70 million euro funding target to finance 100 more nanosatellites after yesterday announcing an investment from the Spanish government: spacenews.com/spain-backs-sa…

Space businesses are under pressure to adapt as artificial intelligence and shifting geopolitics reshape their industry in ways that are still coming into focus spacenews.com/space-industry… #SpaceSymposium2025