Strategic focus debate surfaces following Maxar Technologies’ sale of MDA
Questions about strategic focus are lingering amid investors’ mostly positive reaction to Maxar Technologies‘ sale of satellite technology business MDA. The impact ...
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Canada set to shape key satellite trends as innovation and export revenues take off
Canada’s commercial satellite industry is likely to play a key role in the wider sector’s biggest trends amid an innovation ...
Amos-8 loss could fuel SSL GEO comms exit and signal rising regional dominance
US satellite maker SSL has lost its US$112m contract to build Amos-8 in a move that appears to make its ...
Maxar could be doubling down on smallsat and satellite-servicing with possible GEO exit
Maxar Technologies‘ increasing focus on smallsats and satellite-servicing could go into overdrive as it mulls abandoning the GEO satellite-manufacturing market. Investors ...
Fledgling satellite-servicing sector begins to take wing as Maxar Technologies buys UK’s Neptec
Making a major push into the UK, space systems company MDA has acquired British technology company Neptec Design Group for C$42m (US$31.9m), as the ...
NSLComm, SAS and Effective Space Solutions highlight multiple paths for funding newspace
A flurry of activity from three newspace firms is showcasing a variety of fundraising routes for satellite startups, helping to ...
ILS hails flexibility strategy progress with third orbital-servicing mission
International Launch Services has announced at least its third orbital-servicing contract, leveraging on emerging capabilities for a commercial manifest that has ...
Satellite operator investment and strategy decisions set for shift amid expanding orbital-servicing market
Satellite executives could take a deeper look at their investment and strategy choices as orbital servicing grows after the announcement ...
Thales Alenia Space and others spur LEO craze with new Space Rider vehicle
Responding to explosive commercial interest in LEO missions, France- and Italy-based Thales Alenia Space is leading multiple European organisations in the development ...
MDA’s takeover of DigitalGlobe expected to close in early October following CFIUS consent
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates’ C$4.7bn (US$3.76bn) acquisition of DigitalGlobe is expected to close late next week following the completion of a ...
