Insurers brace for Chinasat 9A claim | Insurance round-up
A Long March 3B anomaly placed the insured Chinasat 9A broadcast satellite in the wrong orbit on 18 June, and ...
Tag: China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC)
CGWIC signs satellite contract with joint venture in Indonesia
China Great Wall Industry Corp has signed a contract understood to be worth US$220m with PT Palapa Satelit Nusa Sejahtera, ...
Insurance round-up: 2017 premiums could reach new low, insurers warn
Premiums this year could come in even lower than 2016 as average rates continue to fall in an overly crowded ...
SpaceX sets new Iridium launch date after concluding investigation into launch pad failure
SpaceX has wrapped up its four-month investigation into why a Falcon 9 rocket exploded on its launch pad and said it ...
Pakistan auctions first satellite TV licences while cracking down on Indian DTH
Pakistan’s media regulator PEMRA has received winning offers worth a combined US$140m for the country’s first DTH licences, which will ...
News briefs from Issue 207
A round-up of news briefs that featured in Issue 207 of SatelliteFinance. A round-up of news briefs that featured in ...
Thaicom funding new US$208m satellite through anchor customer
Bangkok-based Thaicom has ordered a Ka-band satellite from China’s CGWIC in a US$208m deal being funded through leasing its entire capacity to an undisclosed ...
News briefs from Issue 205
A round-up of news briefs that featured in Issue 205 of SatelliteFinance. A round-up of news briefs that featured in ...
APT Satellite agrees China JV for HTS system
Hong Kong’s APT Satellite is investing Yn600m (US$90m) for 42.3% of a joint venture being set up to develop and operate a ...
SupremeSAT-2 on ice as Sri Lankan operator switches focus to Earth imaging
Poor market conditions have prompted Sri Lanka’s SupremeSAT to put its first wholly owned communications satellite on hold, SatelliteFinance has learnt. The privately ...
