Boeing: We’re re-engaging with the commercial GEO-orbit market with a software-defined product

by Peter B. de Selding

SINGAPORE — Commercial satellite fleet operators in geostationary orbit all want software-defined satellites to compete with low-orbit broadband satellite constellations and sell the business case for a $250-million investment in an asset lasting 15-plus years.

So why is it that the only company with a software-defined commercial product in service appears to have been reluctant to enter the market?

Boeing Satellite Systems International now says any previous hesitation has dissolved as the GEO-orbit market demonstrates its persistence despite the market’s infatuation . . .

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