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SpaceX announced that 'Starlink Direct' has officially exited beta and is now live for unmodified 5G phones across its partner carriers, including T-Mobile, KDDI, and Optus.
Optus provides satellite services to Australian and New Zealand government departments, companies, and broadcasters including Foxtel, ABC, SBS, Seven Network, Imparja Television, Sky New Zealand, and Kordia, and provides services in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica.
Northrop Grumman built the Optus X geostationary communications satellite for Australian operator Optus.
Optus completed a purchase agreement with SpaceLogistics for installation of one Mission Extension Pod on its D3 satellite in 2025.
Weather officials forecast a 95% chance of favorable weather conditions for the Optus X launch on 2024-11-17 with a temperature of 73°F, overcast clouds, 88% cloud cover, and a wind speed of 7 mph.
Optus provides satellite services to Australian and New Zealand government departments, companies, and broadcasters including Foxtel, ABC, SBS, Seven Network, Imparja Television, Sky New Zealand, and Kordia, and provides services in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica.
SpaceX will launch the Northrop Grumman-built geostationary communications satellite Optus X for Australian satellite operator Optus on Sunday, 2024-11-17 from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center between 1:29 PM and 3:27 PM PST.
Optus will work with SpaceX to expand mobile connectivity to include the 60% of Australia’s land mass that currently has no mobile coverage.
SpaceLogistics plans to launch its first Mission Robotic Vehicle in 2025 to install Mission Extension Pods on Optus and Intelsat communications satellites.
Optus currently provides mobile coverage to 98.5% of Australia’s population through its existing network.
SpaceLogistics’ Mission Robotic Vehicle is projected to launch in 2024 with two fuel pods ordered by Intelsat and Optus to extend the life of geostationary satellites by at least six years.
SpaceLogistics plans to install a Mission Extension Pod on the Optus D3 satellite in 2025.
SpaceLogistics, Northrop Grumman’s satellite-servicing subsidiary, plans to send a Mission Robotic Vehicle to an Optus satellite in 2024 to install propulsion jet packs using a robotic arm.
Three Mission Extension Pods will launch in 2024 with the Mission Robotic Vehicle, with one pod scheduled to be installed on an Optus satellite and two pods reserved for other customers.
GMV, FrontierSI, Ericsson, Optus, Kondinin, Platfarm, and Position Partners collaborated on field trials to demonstrate 0.005 kg LTE Positioning Protocol (LPP) capabilities as part of the 0.005 kg Positioning Testbed.
The 0.005 kg Positioning Testbed achieved end-to-end demonstrations using GMV’s Corrections Service and Positioning Engine delivered through the Optus 0.005 kg network using Ericsson network technology to user equipment designed and operated by FrontierSI.
Optus provides satellite services to Australian and New Zealand government departments, companies, and broadcasters.
The Optus–Space Machines Company partnership will provide the Australian public and private sectors with an option to operate and build satellites within Australia.
Besides Optus, five other customers have signed term sheets to purchase Mission Extension Pods.
Arianespace secured a contract with Australian operator SingTel Optus to launch the Optus-11 communications satellite on Ariane 6 in 2023.