Forrester’s Digest: EchoStar sells spectrum to SpaceX; quits LEO plan – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2025-09-08 00:00
EchoStar is selling its AWS-4 and H-Block licenses (c. 50MHz of spectrum) to SpaceX for $17 billion (€14.5bn) SpaceX will also assume $2 billion of interest payments due between now and up to November 2027. In connection with the transaction, SpaceX and EchoStar will enter into a long-term commercial agreement.
Thales Alenia Space leads 5G D2D demo for CNES with Capgemini + Thales Paris – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2025-09-09 00:00
Capgemini, Thales and Thales Alenia Space have been selected by the French Space Agency to lead an innovative demonstration of 5G Direct-to-Device (D2D) connectivity. A demonstrator satellite will be placed in LEO to test interoperability between terrestrial and non-terrestrial 5G networks.
SpaceX scrubs launch of Indonesia’s Nusantara Lima mission moves to Tuesday however Cape’s weather doesn’t look good again – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2025-09-08 00:00
SpaceX is targeting Tuesday, September 9 for a Falcon 9 launch of the Nusantara Lima mission to geosynchronous transfer orbit. The company will send up its Falcon 9 rocket to launch the Boeing-built Nusantara Peru mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40. A live webcast of this mission will begin about 15 minutes prior to liftoff, which you can watch on X @SpaceX. This will be the 23rd flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission.
US State Department approves Starlink satellite services to Ukraine – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2025-09-08 00:00
US State Department approves US$150 million sale of satellite communications services to Ukraine. Sale includes extension of satellite communications services for Ukraine’s Starlink terminals, as well as US government and contractor engineering, technical and logistics support services. The principal contractor for this effort will be Starlink Services, located in Hawthorne, CA.
Es’hailSat, neXat MENA collaboration – SatNews
Original Publication Date: 2025-09-08 00:00
Es’hailSat, the Qatar Satellite Company, and neXat, creators of the first satellite-specific open OSS/BSS platform, have partnered. Es’hail Sat will use the neXat platform to make it easier for its channel partners — such as licensed resellers — to purchase its managed services across the region.
Data from NASA’s Dawn reveals chemical energy source on Ceres
Original Publication Date: 2025-09-07 22:05
NASA's now-retired Dawn spacecraft revealed evidence of molecules needed to fuel microbial metabolisms on Ceres. While the finding doesn’t confirm that microorganisms existed on Ceres long ago, it does support theories that the dwarf planet may have once been capable of supporting single-celled lifeforms.