March 31, 2020 SIA Newsletter Vol 03.31.2020

President's Report THE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION'S MONTHLY NEWSLETTER Featuring the latest Association and Member News and Industry Events

Welcome to the NEW SIA President's Report In this Month's Issue

SIA EVENT NEWS - Lt. Gen. Thompson Delivers Keynote Address as SIA Organizes Government and Military Forum at SATELLITE 2020 SIA NEWS - SIA Congratulates FCC Commissioner O'Rielly SIA MEMBER NEWS - More LEO Broadband Launches, COVID-19 Initiatives and A Historic Satellite Servicing Milestone SIA MEMBER NEWS - News Updates from ABS, Blue Origin, , Hughes, , , Lockheed Martin, Lynk, OneWeb, Planet, SES, SpaceX, and Viasat SIA FILINGS FOR MARCH - An Ex-Parte Filing and a Letter to the FCC SATELLITE INDUSTRY CALENDAR

SIA News Headlines Click HERE for all the details on the SIA News Page

LT. GEN. DAVID D. THOMPSON DELIVERS SIA GOVERNMENT AND MILITARY FORUM KEYNOTE ADDRESS AT SATELLITE 2020

Above: On March 11th, Lt. Gen. David D. Thompson, Vice Commander, Headquarters Space Force delivered the Wednesday morning keynote address for SIA's Government and Military Forum at SATELLITE 2020. (Photo credit: Courtesy of SatelliteToday.com)

SIA ORGANIZES GOVERNMENT AND MILITARY FORUM AT SATELLITE 2020 SIA CONGRATULATES FCC COMMISSIONER MICHAEL O'RIELLY ON PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION FOR ANOTHER TERM SIA ENDORSES FCC'S KEEP AMERICANS CONNECTED PLEDGE PLEXUS CORP JOINS SIA SIA REMINDS THE FCC THAT SATELLITE BROADBAND IS UBIQUITOUS SIA MEETS WITH FCC REGARDING THE ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF REGULATORY FEES

For a complete recap of the past month's SIA News and filings, please visit the SIA News Page

TRENDS - A LOOK AT THE LATEST HAPPENINGS IN THE SATELLITE INDUSTRY

To read the March edition of TRENDS, please click on the column HERE

SIA Member News Headlines Click HERE for all the details on the SIA Member News Page

SPACEX AND ONEWEB LAUNCH LEO BROADBAND

Above Left: On March 18th, SpaceX announced the successful launch of 60 broadband satellites from launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in FL. Above Right: On March 21st, OneWeb announced they had successfully launched 34 broadband LEO satellites from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. (Photo credits: SpaceX and .com)

INTELSAT ANNOUNCES HISTORIC DOCKING OF ILS-901 GEO SATELLITE WITH A MISSION EXTENSION SERVICE VEHICLE LOCKHEED MARTIN ANNOUNCES PRIORITIES DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC INCLUDING DONATIONS AND EMPLOYEE DISASTER RELIEF FUND ONEWEB VOLUNTARILY FILES FOR CHAPTER 11 RELIEF GLOBALSTAR ANNOUNCES 3GPP APPROVAL OF ITS BAND 53 SPECTRUM FOR VIASAT ANNOUNCES CUSTOMER INITIATIVES TO MEET FCC'S KEEP AMERICANS CONNECTED PLEDGE DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC LYNK ANNOUNCES SUCCESSFUL TEST TO SEND A TEXT MESSAGE TO A MOBILE PHONE VIA LEO SATELLITE HAWKEYE 360, LOCKHEED MARTIN AND PLANET EXECUTIVE ANNOUNCEMENTS HUGHES ANNOUNCES WORKPLACE AND SERVICE COMMITMENTS DURING PANDEMIC PLANET AND SEISAN ANNOUNCE GEOSPATIAL PREMIERE PARTNERSHIP BLUE ORIGIN LAUNCHES CLUB FOR THE FUTURE COMMUNITIY EVENT DURING PANDEMIC TELESAT ANNOUNCES GLOBAL WORKPLACE INITIATIVES FOR COVID-19 INTELSAT CHOOSES SPACEX FOR IS-40E SATELLITE LAUNCH SES AND ISOTROPIC SYSTEMS ANNOUNCE MULTI-BEAM MEO TERMINAL ANTENNA AGREEMENT ABS JOINS SPACE SAFETY COALITION INMARSAT WINS TWO MOBILITY INNOVATION AWARDS FOR ITS L-BAND LACE II SOLUTION SES AND TELESAT CONGRATULATE FCC ON FINAL C-BAND REPORT AND ORDER

For more details on these and other stories, visit the SIA Member News Page HERE.

SIA Organized Industry Events and Calendar

UPCOMING SIA EVENTS - SIA will organize or host the following SIA Member and Industry Events:

1. DoD Commercial Workshop - Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Arlington VA Dec 15th-17th

For a list of all Association and satellite industry events, please click on the Industry Calendar HERE.

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