Low Earth Orbit stories

Deloitte predicts agentic AI boom, surging data centre and sovereign compute spend, and fast-shifting media habits by 2026.

Stratoship, Orbit2Orbit and Sunburnt Space team up on a staged lab-to-orbit pathway to cut risk, cost and time for small satellite payloads.

Globalstar and Skydio trial Band n53 private 5G for drones, eyeing safer public safety missions and uplink-heavy autonomous operations.

Space Forge has produced controlled plasma on its ForgeStar-1 satellite, a world-first step towards commercial orbital chip manufacturing.

Wi-Fi 7 gear is set to surge by 2026 as the Wireless Broadband Alliance sketches early Wi-Fi 8, new spectrum and satellite-powered links.

One NZ marks a year of Starlink texts with 7m messages sent and 700,000 customers now able to connect beyond standard mobile coverage.

Small Cell Forum sets out how small cell know-how and open interfaces could underpin interoperable 5G satellite and hybrid NTN networks.

Expereo wins global deal to unify Kingspan Light, Air + Water’s network across 100 sites, replacing fragmented local connectivity setups.

Starlink partners with Proximus Global to deliver direct satellite broadband to smartphones, bridging mobile coverage gaps across Europe’s remote and underserved areas.

New Zealand farmers gain improved high-speed satellite internet through Amazon's Project Kuiper, boosting digital tools across remote agricultural regions.

Enterprises rushing AI adoption risk being undermined by neglecting critical network and security layers essential for secure global connectivity, warns Coevolve CEO.

Forrester predicts the first agentic AI data breach and a surge in quantum security spending by 2026, amid rising government control of telecoms.

Canada awards funding to 17 firms and research groups to advance space tech in AI, propulsion, and lunar mobility, boosting security and economy.

CID Group, Nokia and Pivotel launch a zero-capex Private 5G-as-a-Service solution to boost secure, sovereign data networks across Australia's critical industries.

Astroscale and High Earth Orbit Robotics form three-year partnership to advance satellite servicing, monitoring, and space domain awareness for allied operations.

Optus and Nokia trial drone-based and small cell tech to swiftly restore mobile networks after natural disasters, enhancing emergency communications in affected areas.

NBN Co and Amazon partner to bring Project Kuiper’s LEO satellites, improving broadband for over 300,000 rural and remote Australian premises from 2026.

The satellite IoT market now includes over 100 vendors as LEO constellations from Starlink and Amazon shake up the dominance of legacy operators by 2030.

Plextek has won a Technology Excellence Stevie Award for its radar enabling real-time tracking of space debris, enhancing safety amid low Earth orbit congestion.

Australian spending on low Earth orbit satellite services is set to reach AUD $664 million by 2026, driven by rising consumer and business demand nationwide.