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Starlink Suffers Another Global Broadband Outage of Satellite Network

15th September, 2025 (2 Comments)

SpaceX’s popular Starlink service, which offers ultrafast low-latency broadband speed across the world via a mega constellation of compact satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), suffered another global outage this morning that started at around 5am. But services now appear to be returning to normal for many, but not all, users.

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Ofcom to Authorise Satellite Networks to Deliver UK 4G and 5G Mobile

9th September, 2025 (6 Comments)

The telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today confirmed that they will “move ahead with plans” to make the UK the “first country in Europe” to authorise Direct to Device (D2D) satellite services for use in regular mobile bands via “standard smartphones“. The change could be used to help mobile operators improve their 4G and 5G coverage and roaming features.

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Test of Amazon’s Initial Project Kuiper Broadband Satellites Hits 1.29Gbps

5th September, 2025 (2 Comments)

Online retail giant Amazon has conducted a speed test on their initial deployments of Project Kuiper broadband satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), which demonstrated a peak download speed hitting 1.29Gbps (Gigabits per second). But this is naturally on a new network, without any capacity strains (real-world load) from other users.

Starlink’s Broadband Network Preps Mini Laser to Link Third-Party Satellites

27th August, 2025 (1 Comment)

SpaceX’s Starlink service, which sells ultrafast broadband to the UK and globally via a mega constellation using thousands of compact satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), has revealed the development of a new “mini laser” that will enable their satellites to connect with “third party satellites and space stations“.

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SpinLaunch Prep 2Tbps LEO Satellite Broadband Network – Meridian Space

21st August, 2025 (2 Comments)

The company responsible for developing a system of sending micro-satellites up into orbit by using a massive centrifuge instead of rockets, SpinLaunch, has partnered with Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace to help it separately develop a new global network of highly compact ultrafast broadband satellites – called ‘Meridian Space‘ – for Low Earth Orbit (LEO).

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Starlink Broadband Scraps Free UK Pause Mode for Paid Standby Mode

14th August, 2025 (11 Comments)

SpaceX’s Starlink service, which sells ultrafast broadband to the UK and globally via masses of compact satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), has done what some might consider a bit of a ‘bait-and-switch’ by suddenly replacing their ‘Pause Mode‘ (i.e. allowing you to stop and restart the service at no extra cost) with a new ‘Standby Mode‘ that costs £4.50 per month.

North Yorkshire UK Looks to Wind Up NYNet 100 Broadband Company

12th August, 2025 (0 Comments)

The North Yorkshire Council (NYC) in England has proposed to wind-up the NYNet 100 company, which was originally created to help carry out procurement and contract management for the local authority’s Superfast North Yorkshire (SFNY) project. This has helped 201,000 premises in the rural county to access faster broadband over the last 15 years.

SpaceX Plan Cheap Starlink Community Broadband Sharing Service

5th August, 2025 (2 Comments)

SpaceX’s Starlink service, which offers ultrafast broadband speeds to the UK and globally via a massive constellation of satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), appears to have leaked out plans for a new “Community” product that could allow multiple subscribers to share access to the service via a single terminal (dish) in return for a cheaper rental.

Starlink Says Global Broadband Outage Caused by Internal Software Failure UPDATE

25th July, 2025 (3 Comments)

The VP of Engineering at satellite broadband operator Starlink (SpaceX), Michael Nicolls, has revealed that last night’s 2.5 hour long network outage of their mega constellation – impacting all terminals (business and residential) – was caused by a “failure of key internal software services” in their core network.

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Ofcom to Make Q and V Bands Available for UK Satellite Broadband Gateways

22nd July, 2025 (0 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has today unveiled their proposals for allowing broadband satellite operators (e.g. Starlink and Amazon) to harness the Q and V radio spectrum bands (37.5–43.5GHz, 47.2–50.2GHz and 50.4–52.4GHz) to help boost the backhaul data capacity of their ground-based gateway sites. This will also support the deployment of future satellites.

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OneWeb Broadband Satellites to Deliver UK Gov Services Worldwide

21st July, 2025 (1 Comment)

In a not particularly surprising development, the UK government has today chosen Eutelsat’s global network of OneWeb ultrafast broadband satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) to help provide “resilient, high-speed, low-latency connectivity” to their global operations – delivered through distribution partner NSSLGlobal.

Ofcom UK Reviews 2GHz Band for Use by Mobile Satellite Services

21st July, 2025 (2 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator has today launched a new ‘Call for Input‘ to help it decide on the future of the 2GHz radio spectrum band (1980-2010MHz and 2170-2200MHz), which could potentially open it up to wider use for providing broadband connectivity to aircraft and drones, direct-to-device services (4G/5G mobile), and or IoT etc.

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SpaceX to Launch First 1Tbps GEN3 Starlink Broadband Satellites in H1 2026

16th July, 2025 (4 Comments)

SpaceX’s Starlink service, which offers ultrafast broadband speeds to the UK and globally via a massive constellation of satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), has published a new network update that reveals how the first of their third generation (GEN3) satellites will launch during the first half of 2026. Assuming their Starship rockets stop exploding.

Study Finds Brightness Reduction in Starlink v2 LEO Broadband Satellites

14th July, 2025 (0 Comments)

A newly published study from researchers at the University of California (Department of Physics and Astronomy) has found that Starlink’s (SpaceX) second generation (v2) broadband satellites, which sit in a Low Earth Orbit (LEO), are darker than V1s despite being much larger (both bus and solar arrays). The results represent good news for astronomers.

UK Gov Boosts Eutelsat’s OneWeb LEO Broadband Satellites by £140m UPDATE

11th July, 2025 (7 Comments)

The UK Government has agreed to commit a further £140m (€163.3) of public investment to help Eutelsat grow and expand its constellation of OneWeb ultrafast broadband satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). The funding will be combined with other investments, such as €750m from France (the French State), to support a total capital increase of €1.5 billion (£1.29bn).

SpaceX Burnt Up 472 Starlink Broadband Satellites in Last 6 Months

2nd July, 2025 (29 Comments)

SpaceX has revealed to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that it deorbited 472 Starlink ultrafast broadband satellites – burning them up in Earth’s atmosphere – during the six-month period from December 2024 to May 2025 (2.6 per day), which marked a significant increase from previous period of six-months when just 73 met a fiery demise.

Ofcom Updates on UK Satellite Broadband Fees and Project Kuiper

1st July, 2025 (0 Comments)

The UK communications regulator has today published a shotgun blast of new satellite broadband consultations, which cover everything from changing satellite gateway fees to introducing another new gateway licence for Amazon’s future Project Kuiper network. Ofcom has also proposed short duration licences for mobile (4G/5G) networks in the lower 2.3GHz band.