May 4, 2026

STMicroelectronics targets more than $3bn from space, riding the satellite constellation boom

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The Geneva-based chipmaker has shipped over 5 billion RF antenna chips to Starlink and now expects its low-Earth-orbit business alone to deliver more than $3bn in cumulative revenue between 2026 and 2028. Orbital data centres are an option for later....