Insurance round-up: Soyuz failure adds more questions over Russian hardware
The failure of a Soyuz rocket to send cargo to the International Space Station has done little to reassure space insurers ...
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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 ...
Inmarsat brings in Arianespace for EAN launch after SpaceX delays return to flight
SpaceX has lost its order to launch a condosat for Inmarsat and Hellas Sat that will provide S-band spectrum for the European Aviation Network, after the US launch provider pushed the ...
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 ...
Iridium confirms SpaceX launch for 16 December to get NEXT off the ground
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 is set to return to flight on 16 December after being grounded for more than three months ...
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 ...
HawkEye 360 series A raises US$11m for pathfinder mission
HawkEye 360 has raised US$11m in its series A preferred financing round to fund the development and launch of a pathfinder ...
Nanosat startup ELSE finalising seed round for US$50m Astrocast M2M constellation
Swiss newspace startup ELSE is close to securing seed funding for its 64-nano satellite M2M constellation AstroCast that will cost US$50m to build and launch. Despite its operations being ...
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 ...
