The July-August 2025 issue of the Satellite Executive Briefing is now available.  Featuring:

The European Launch Market: A New Space Race by Virgil Labrador

South Korea's Space Sector: Blending East and West by Blaine Curcio

Satellite Communications as Cloud Chamber for the Future by Bruce Elbert

Shaping Global Satellite Licensing Through National Consultations by Matthew Evans

Shift To Managed Network Services Offers Opportunity for Teleport Operators by Jason Bates

Company Spotlight: STARWIN Technologies

Plus  Products and Services Profiles SATExpo (CABSAT) and Satellite Asia 2025, Mergers and Acquisitions, Market Trends, Executive Moves,  and many more. Click here to read or download the file

Pressure on teleport operators’ traditional business model continues to grow, driven by the rapid expansion of low-latency services delivered by low Earth Orbit (LEO) constellations. Led by Starlink, the LEO operators are cutting into the mobility and broadband markets that geostationary (GEO) operators have relied on amid the decline of their broadcast business. In turn, this has squeezed the teleports, which traditionally have provided uplink and downlink services for the GEO operators.

Neo Space Group (NSG), a PIF company and Saudi Arabia’s leading commercial space services provider, announced today that the company has completed its previously announced acquisition of UP42 GmbH, the leading Earth Observation (EO) platform previously owned by Airbus Defence and Space GmbH. Following the initial announcement in December 2024, UP42 is now formally part of the NSG organization.

Media Broadcast Satellite GmbH (MBS), a service integrator and managed gateway operator, has announced an agreement with satellite operator SES to acquire a part of its media services in Germany and the UK.

The satellite sector is undergoing rapid transformation, driven by technological innovation, emerging services, and new spectrum demands. Yet, as the industry evolves, so too must the regulatory frameworks that govern it. Regulations are constantly shifting, licensing models are becoming more adaptive, and procedures increasingly open and interactive. In this environment, National Consultations have become essential forums for shaping regulation — and a strategic opportunity for operators to participate and stay ahead of the curve.

The Cloud Chamber is that school experiment where you observe the path of charged particles, like cosmic rays and electrons, through a supersaturated gas. This is a metaphor for tracking our industry situation; however, that trace only shows where the particle has been. The Cloud Chamber is like tracking in the open to see things that deviate from normal. Alternatively, what’s there and what isn’t?

The European Commission has proposed ambitious new measures to make Europe's space sector cleaner, safer and more competitive.

Space business leaders say the UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy, “sets the stage for timely and meaningful discussion at next month’s UK Space Conference”.

The European Commission approved unconditionally the acquisition of Intelsat by SES,  under the EU Merger Regulation. The Commission concluded that the transaction would not raise competition concerns in the European Economic Area (EEA). Both SES and Intelsat are global satellite network operators that own and operate geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) satellites.

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ: CMTL) today reported financial results for its third quarter ended April 30, 2025. The company reported an Operating loss of US$ 1.5 million and net loss attributable to common shareholders of US $14.5 million on Net sales of US $126.8 million