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Gilat Satellite Networks says recent contract wins total $38 million for its SkyEdge system and connectivity projects in Peru. Its Peruvian subsidiary, Gilat Perú, signed a $28 million agreement with Pronatel to upgrade broadband connectivity across the Ica region.
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Eutelsat has renewed satellite capacity on Eutelsat 7 West A for TéléDiffusion d’Algérie, the country’s national broadcasting network operator. TDA is a long-standing Eutelsat customer and the sole broadcaster in the Algerian market, extending the companies’ existing relationship through the renewal.
Gilat Satellite Networks says recent contract wins total $38 million for its SkyEdge system and connectivity projects in Peru. Its Peruvian subsidiary, Gilat Perú, signed a $28 million agreement with Pronatel to upgrade broadband connectivity across the Ica region.
Elon Musk said unnamed “oligarchs” were preventing Starlink from entering India, in an apparent reference to billionaires Mukesh Ambani and Sunil Bharti Mittal. The remarks followed a post outlining the case for Starlink in India; the reports do not detail any formal blocking action or response from the named companies.
Gogo Special Missions and Boeing subsidiary Insitu have completed integration and testing of a high-speed, low-latency satellite communications capability for the Integrator uncrewed aircraft system. The link is intended to support live video and bring Group 3 UAS operations closer to real time.
The Federal Communications Commission authorized SpaceX to deploy up to 15,000 non-geostationary satellites for direct-to-device services, using mobile-satellite spectrum that includes former EchoStar frequencies. The approval covers service to ordinary mobile phones in the United States and abroad, though some requested terms were deferred and U.S. service remains contingent on completion of the spectrum deal.
The analysis examines whether Poland’s space industry can move beyond supplying technologies and subsystems to deliver complete space-based solutions, and what role the country could play in Europe’s and the global space market.
As Russia begins deploying its RASSVET low Earth orbit constellation, defense experts warn that Europe remains too dependent on the United States for space security. The deployment highlights a strategic gap as Europe confronts growing pressure to strengthen its own space capabilities.
Cyber experts describe how space cybersecurity has moved into the mainstream over the past decade, evolving from an assumption that systems were protected by obscurity to a broader, whole-of-system approach. The discussion tracks a change in how the sector considers security across interconnected space systems.
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