UK’s Open Cosmos beats Thiel-backed Rivada to a European satellite licence.

UK satellite company Open Cosmos has won a Liechtenstein low-Earth orbit contract, a highly contested satellite spectrum licence, beating out companies backed by US tech billionaire Peter Thiel and Chinese investors.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260114-uks-open-cosmos-beats-thiel-backed-rivada-to-a-european-satellite-licence?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

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📆 25 October 2023 #Rivada #SpaceNetworks plans to use #SpaceX rockets to launch 300 #satellites 🛰️ by the end of 📆 2026 and a further 300 by 📆 July 2028, which would provide worldwide coverage to #internet 📶 users on #earth https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/10/25/peter-thiel-satellite-uk-licence-challenge-elon-musk

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Das Outernet im All: Wie ein Start-up eine abhörsichere Kommunikation aufbauen will"

https://www.rnd.de/wirtschaft/outernet-wie-ein-startup-eine-abhoersichere-kommunikation-im-all-aufbauen-will-DSVDKD4EQZDKJC2QAO4LD5RT7U.html

23.10.2023

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