Investors prepare for another record year of space tech mega rounds
Worldwide space technology investments jumped nearly 29% in 2018, a year that saw more newspace funding rounds raise over US$75m than ever ...
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Divergent specialisation strategies helping to curtail satellite payload costs
Increasing commodification and specialisation are helping to minimise payload costs, especially in small satellites where investors are looking to expand ...
Kacific’s funding progress is highlighting growing Family Office appetite for connectivity | Q&A
Singapore startup Kacific is ramping up towards the launch in Q3 2019 of its first satellite Kacific-1, a condosat being shared with Japan’s Sky ...
Competition to deliver lower cost launches mounts as ULA enters final Vulcan design review
The pressure to offer low price-per-kg commercial satellite launches and other pluses looks set to intensify amid the nearly complete ...
Tech giants hungry for bigger bite of satellite connectivity technology ecosystem in 2019
Growing interest in satellite and other next-generation connectivity solutions from the world’s largest tech firms will rock the commercial space ...
Iridium’s focus to switch to refinancing options after milestone launch
Iridium Communications hopes to refinance its colossal ECA-backed debt this year as its next-generation connectivity network nears completion, clearing the ...
Growing space-based cybersecurity need poses opportunities and risks for satellite investors
The surge in network-connected satellites with concomitant cybersecurity threats creates more risk for satellite investors, but also huge opportunities as ...
Mobile broadband satellite lifts GEO outlook amid financing progress
Swedish venture Ovzon’s order for a broadband satellite gives the GEO market a much-needed lift, and prospects for financing it this time ...
LEO broadband ventures jostle for position ahead of critical year for satellite connectivity
Fresh SpaceX funding and a strategy shift for a scaled-down OneWeb are reinvigorating a LEO broadband market that remains rife with uncertainty. ...
Feverish smallsat activity to keep launch rates at historic highs in 2019
Small satellites will help keep launch rates next year at highs not seen in decades, posing new risks and opportunities ...
