News briefs from Issue 207
A round-up of news briefs that featured in Issue 207 of SatelliteFinance. A round-up of news briefs that featured in ...
Tag: SpaceX
Newspace learning the lessons of past capital-intensive startup failures
Newspace investors are confident of wrapping up several funding deals before the end of the year, with several follow-on financings ...
MDA signs up for US$400m securities facility backed by orbital receivables
Canada’s MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates has agreed a new securities facility that uses future orbital receivables as collateral in what is thought to be ...
Telesat launches US$3bn refi to push out maturities and pay dividend
Telesat has unveiled plans to secure more than US$3bn in debt for its first major refinancing in four years, after posting ...
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 ...
SpaceX to resume stage testing as Iridium’s wait to launch continues
SpaceX’s investigation into September’s launchpad explosion appears close to completion, an encouraging sign for the likes of Iridium Communications whose plans have been set ...
Cinven exits Vega-maker Avio after a decade
Italy’s Leonardo-Finmeccanica has become the latest industrial to increase its influence over the European space industry by agreeing a complex deal to ...
Thuraya Q&A: One stop shop
Thuraya has finally unveiled an outline for its next generation plans after a years-long process. CEO Samer Halawi tells SatelliteFinance’s ...
News briefs from Issue 206
A round-up of news briefs that featured in Issue 206 of SatelliteFinance. A round-up of news briefs that featured in ...
Firefly funding setback causes cash-flow issues
Smallsat launcher startup Firefly Space Systems has disclosed it has been struggling with cash-flow issues in recent weeks after a funding setback. ...
