SES unveils new MEO constellation with record-breaking broadband speed
SES-owned broadband player O3b Networks will launch seven Boeing-built satellites into MEO in 2021, as part of the operator’s new mPOWER constellation that promises several ...
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Axiom Space working on series A round for US$1.5bn space station
US-based Axiom Space is closing in on a series A round understood to be in the nine figures to start building the ...
The interplay between GEO and NGSO HTS | Special Report
High throughput satellites have continued their unrelenting growth while cementing their role in serving data-oriented capacity demand in the satellite ...
Iridium CEO Matt Desch on why diversifying from commodity broadband is key to success | Q&A
As Iridium looks ahead to the completion of its NEXT constellation in 2018, the US MSS operator is ready to ...
SES swaps SES-12 and SES-14 launches after satellite anomalies
Satellite fleet operator SES has announced a swap of launch vehicles and slots for its SES-12 and SES-14 spacecraft. Under new ...
Iceye raises US$13m and plans first three launches within 12 months
Finnish satellite imagery startup Iceye has raised US$13m in new funding, including US$8.5m in series A add-on financing. The provider of synthetic-aperture ...
Anomaly sends aging EchoStar-3 satellite drifting | Insurance round-up
An anomaly of unknown origin has sent the 20-year-old EchoStar-3 satellite drifting with interrupted and intermittent communications. Meanwhile, NASA’s TDRS-M ...
ELSE reserves SpaceX rideshare after securing US$6m seed funding
Switzerland- and US-based newspace startup ELSE has signed a contract with US rideshare specialist Spaceflight to reserve a spot aboard a SpaceX Falcon ...
Iridium’s newly amended credit facility stretches debt-payment runway, provides liquidity
US MSS operator Iridium Communications will get a longer timeline to pay its US$1.8bn export credit agency-backed debt and, in the ...
SpaceX clears US$351m in investment causing company’s valuation to soar into stratosphere
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has raised US$351m in financing as part of a series H round, valuing the company at US$21.2bn ...
