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SpaceX pegs initial Starlink internet price at US$99 per month
Launches “Better Than Nothing Beta” test.
Oct 28 2020 12:29PM
Vocus backs LEO satellites to bridge regional broadband divide
Which is widening in the metro race towards gigabit speeds.
Oct 27 2020 5:23PM
Musk's SpaceX wins Pentagon award for missile tracking satellites
Lands first government contract to build satellites.
Oct 7 2020 12:08PM
Fortescue manages bushfire threat from space
Undertakes 'fire scar' mapping.
Aug 24 2020 12:42PM
CSIRO maps 1.7m paddocks using AI
Finds paddock boundaries so farmers don't have to.
Aug 7 2020 1:09PM
NBN Co shows distribution of Sky Muster premises within 25km of Adelaide GPO
Adds 574 premises to footprint in final seven months of build.
Aug 4 2020 12:04PM
Amazon to invest $14 billion in satellite broadband plan
Plans to deploy 3236 satellites.
Aug 1 2020 9:07AM
US regulator approves Amazon's Project Kuiper satellite broadband plan
But satellites still in the design phase.
Jul 31 2020 6:43AM
Optus to deploy software-defined satellite in 2023
Reconfigurable at any time.
Jul 2 2020 3:39PM
China puts final satellite into orbit to try to rival GPS network
Completes navigation network years in the making.
Jun 24 2020 10:01AM
Melbourne Uni scores $4m to launch space capability
Will host Italian Space Agency tech.
Jun 19 2020 6:56AM
NBN Co rezones 42,000 premises from wireless to satellite, fixed-line
After being unable to get permission for new towers.
Jun 4 2020 1:31PM
SkyMesh, Activ8me NBN satellite users offered 'relief' data each week
While further concessions pursued behind-the-scenes.
Mar 20 2020 1:00PM
NBN Co upgrades network gear software after Sky Muster faults skyrocket
January 2020 outage impacted more users than reported.
Feb 27 2020 6:45AM
NBN Co pleads for cash to help fixed wireless, satellite refugees
'Least cost to the taxpayer' rollout not enough for hospitals, schools already needing upgrades.
Feb 24 2020 1:32PM
NBN Co won't reveal individual profit and loss for wireless, satellite
Could undermine the case for a broadband tax.
Feb 20 2020 7:05AM
NBN Co has over 6000 'metro' premises in Sky Muster footprint
Will figure rise as mid-2020 build deadline approaches?
Feb 4 2020 12:50PM
NBN Co to create a satellite-based 'disaster service'
Following its response to bushfire crisis.
Feb 3 2020 2:00PM
NBN Co may try buying into a SpaceX-like service for future Sky Muster
Rather than go to the expense of deploying its own satellites again.
Jan 30 2020 11:23PM
NBN Co Sky Muster outage extends past 24 hours
Impacting "multiple geographic areas".
Jan 21 2020 10:43AM
