Sovereignty - Satellite Insights

Three changes to Starlink terminal limits inside a year: Ukraine's February cutoff at its government's request, SpaceX's 100 mph plan limit in March, and October's cap in Ukraine.

Sovereignty

What Ukraine's Starshield Speed Limit Tells Commercial Starlink Customers

Terminals used by Ukraine's forces lost their link above 100 mph, and who ordered it is still disputed. What that shows a business buyer about who sets a terminal's limits.

The uplink half of Europe's 2 GHz satellite band in three rows: Viasat and EchoStar halves today, the proposed optional 2027 to 2029 extension, and six proposed blocks by category.

Sovereignty

Deep Dive: SpaceX's Carrier Playbook Meets Europe's 2 GHz Rules

SpaceX bought its way to US carrier status. In Europe, the 2 GHz MSS rules reserve two of three blocks for EU operators and freeze incumbents' rights during the bridge.

Sovereignty

Why is Airbus Building OneWeb Satellites in France Now?

Eutelsat ordered 229 more OneWeb satellites from Airbus, built in Toulouse. The Florida plant that built the first 600 went under review twelve days earlier.

Sovereignty

IRIS² Finally Cut Checks, and the Biggest One Landed on the Ground

The first IRIS² industrial contracts are signed: OHB's €1B for 18 MEO platforms, HispaSat's €1.6B ground segment. Who gets paid, and what the order reveals.

Sovereignty

Why Is Airbus Selling the Factory That Built OneWeb?

Airbus is reviewing a sale of its Merritt Island plant after moving 440 OneWeb satellites to Toulouse. Who buys a two-a-day line that lost its customer?

Sovereignty

IRIS² Got Bigger and 48 Percent More Expensive. Europe Signed Anyway. — Deep Dive

Rendezvous 1 repriced Europe's sovereign constellation. What the €15.6 billion agreement changes for SES, Eutelsat and buyers of sovereign capacity.

Sovereignty

Telesat's Best Day in 57 Years Went to the Entity the Lenders Cannot Reach

Canada committed up to C$2.7 billion on Tuesday morning. The counterparty was Telesat LEO ULC, which is the part of the group the term lenders are in court trying to get back.

GEO Economics

Telesat Says Its Cash Will Not Cover December. Ottawa Is Still Funding Lightspeed

Telesat GEO told its auditors that the cash will not cover December. Ten months earlier, 62 percent of the Lightspeed equity moved outside the reach of the lenders who are now suing to get it back. Ottawa is still funding the entity on the protected side of that wall.

Sovereignty

Poland Bought a Gateway, Not Just Satellites - Deep Dive

Poland is the first EU member state to fund a national module inside IRIS². The Warsaw gateway, not the twelve satellites, is what buys sovereignty.

Sovereignty

Scale vs. Sovereignty - Deep Dive Weekly

A newly public SpaceX filed for a 100,000-satellite Gen3 constellation. Japan, Indonesia, Nepal and the UAE answered with sovereign connectivity.

Sovereignty

India's Sovereignty Standoff — Jio vs. Starlink: Deep Dive Weekly

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