Eutelsat America Corp. and OneWeb Technologies Inc (EACOWT), which operate as a wholly owned independent U.S. proxy company and subsidiary of Eutelsat Group, today announced the appointment of Ian Canning as president and chief executive officer (CEO). His appointment by the EACOWT board of directors became effective on December 20, 2024.
Eutelsat experienced a temporary, 48-hour outage on its OneWeb Low Orbit service, commencing on 31st December 2024. The root cause was identified as a software issue within the ground segment. The constellation is operating nominally once again.
Eutelsat Group has selected Airbus Defence and Space to build the extension of its OneWeb low Earth orbit (LEO) constellation. Under a contract signed between the two companies, Airbus will build the first batches of the extension, totalling 100 satellites, with delivery targeted starting end of calendar-2026, ensuring continuity and enhancement of service for current and future customers.
SpaceRISE, the consortium comprising Eutelsat, Hispasat, and SES, has signed the agreement that will see the consortium design, build, and operate the IRIS² (Infrastructure for Resilience, Interconnectivity and Security by Satellite) constellation on behalf of the European Union under a Public-private Partnership (PPP) model in the form of Concession with an initial duration of 12 years.
Eutelsat Group exercises its put option and signs Share Purchase Agreement with EQT Infrastructure for the sale of a majority stake in a new entity that will hold its passive ground infrastructure assets.
Eutelsat Group announces a new multi-year agreement with Q-KON, a leading satellite solutions and services provider, to expand Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite services across Sub-Saharan Africa.
Global AVOD and FAST channel programmer and distributor wedotv is expanding the distribution of its flagship channel wedotv big stories to audiences across the Middle East and North Africa via the EUTELSAT 7 West A satellite, located at the region’s leading 7/8° West video neighbourhood.
