Forrester’s Digest: VodafoneThree investing £11bn in UK 5G – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2025-06-13 00:00
VodafoneThree says it will connect its 27 million customers wherever they are in the UK. Will use a beta-trial of satellite coverage provided by AST SpaceMobile. VodafoneThree also has a partnership agreement in place with AST and which extends to its European operations.
Swedish space executive Stefan Gustafsson joins the Forsway Board of Directors – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2025-06-13 00:00
Stefan Gustafsson is the Former Chief Strategist at the Swedish Space Corporation, and formerly a top leader of the Swedish armed forces. Gustafsson brings extensive experience from numerous board roles in both the public and private sectors. In late 2024, Forsway secured a major development funding contract from the European Space Agency.
SFL Missions Inc. included on team awarded ESA contract for a Moon mapping study – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2025-06-13 00:00
SFL Missions Inc. Is a member of the team led by NUVIEW GmbH that has been contracted by the European Space Agency. The Moonraker satellite will carry a laser scanner to create a detailed elevation map of the Moon’s surface. The data will also serve a broader scientific purpose, including scanning permanently shadowed regions for water ice.
Hubble Studies a Spiral’s Supernova Scene
Original Publication Date: 2025-06-13 07:00
IC 758 appears peaceful, with its soft blue spiral arms curving gently around its hazy barred center. But in 1999, astronomers spotted a powerful explosion in this galaxy. The supernova SN 1999bg marked the dramatic end of a star far more massive than the Sun. Researchers will use these Hubble observations to measure the masses of stars in SN 1999bg’s neighborhood.