Editor’s Viewpoint Issue 208
SatelliteFinance Editor Jason Rainbow gives his take on a year of transformational acquisitions, innovative partnerships, and surprises that have helped dictate ...
Tag: Spacecom
SpaceX postpones first Iridium NEXT launch to early January
SpaceX has said it will not return to flight before early January, dashing hopes of a first Iridium NEXT satellite launch taking place ...
Spacecom rents AsiaSat 8 to partially fill Amos-6 void after settling on new sale price with Xinwei
Spacecom has agreed a transponder deal with AsiaSat that will see AsiaSat-8 moved to the Israeli operator’s 4W orbital slot which the ill-fated ...
Yahsat CEO Mahmood plans to expand fleet to seven satellites by 2020
Yahsat CEO Masood Mahmood has been quoted saying the Abu Dhabi-based operator is planning to follow-up next year’s launch of Al ...
Insurance round-up: SpaceX return lifts market
Insurers are hoping that SpaceX’s aim to return to flight in December as it readies an announcement on the cause of ...
Spacecom and Xinwei extend sale renegotiation talks in Amos-6 fallout
Spacecom has given itself more time to renegotiate a sale to Beijing Xinwei Technology after the loss of its Amos-6 satellite compromised their ...
Eutelsat replaces lost Africa broadband capacity with multi-year Yahsat deal
Eutelsat has agreed a satellite capacity deal with UAE’s Yahsat that puts its Broadband for Africa programme back on track following September’s Amos-6 launchpad explosion. The announcement ...
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 ...
Xinwei and Spacecom begin 30-day sale renegotiation after Amos-6 loss
Beijing Xinwei Technology and Spacecom have given themselves 30 business days to renegotiate the Chinese group’s takeover of the Israeli FSS operator, after ...
Spacecom’s sale in doubt after Amos-6 lost in launchpad explosion
Uncertainty surrounds Beijing Xinwei Technology Group’s acquisition of Spacecom after the Israeli operator’s latest satellite was destroyed during a SpaceX Falcon 9 static fire ...
