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 ...
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GetSAT eyes possible M&A as Israel satellite tech companies scale up
Israel antenna specialist GetSAT is considering M&A, CEO Kfir Benjamin said, against the backdrop of the Middle East nation’s seeking to establish ...
Regional surge in HTS capacity and national satellite launches on horizon as AsiaSat sales soar
Benefitting from major leases of satellite capacity, AsiaSat is seeing revenues climb against a backdrop of a surge in HTS ...
The LEO leapfrog | Viewpoint
Growing momentum in low Earth orbit connectivity is not only good news for the fledgling newspace sector and the data-hungry markets it hopes ...
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 ...
Avanti swaps debt for equity after shareholders give their backing
Avanti Communications has completed a debt-for-equity swap that enables the British satellite broadband operator to raise more funds, after shareholders approved its restructuring ...
Sale speculation surrounds Spacecom as Eurocom plunges into liquidation
Israeli businessman Raz Steinmetz is reportedly behind a bid to buy satellite operator Spacecom that came after its debt-laden owner Eurocom was ordered into ...
Spacecom and B-SAT order satellites without export credit agency support
Israel-based Spacecom and Japan’s Broadcasting Satellite System Corp. each ordered satellites with a well-placed source suggesting that neither operator used export credit ...
Falcon Heavy roars to life as world’s most powerful rocket set to lift SpaceX’s investor appeal
SpaceX successfully launched the Falcon Heavy for the first time today, bringing the world’s most powerful rocket closer to active service ...
Business as usual for SpaceX as questions linger over Zuma launch
Although questions are still hanging over SpaceX’s launch of US military satellite Zuma, the event is unlikely to affect upcoming commercial ...
