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 ...
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LEO design milestone for Telesat brightens SSL as lawsuit and other challenges weigh on parent Maxar Technologies
Completion of a key design milestone for Canadian satellite operator Telesat has lifted US-based manufacturer SSL, whose parent Maxar Technologies faces legal action alongside a general ...
The road ahead for Maxar Technologies after CEO switch
Maxar Technologies’ CEO change might be just what the doctor ordered for the ailing space giant, although questions are being ...
Newspace consolidation picks up pace as AIAC seeks further tie-ups
US distressed asset investor AIAC is looking for more opportunities to consolidate the fragmented newspace market, after acquiring its third satellite-related venture in two ...
Competitive pressures increase in European broadband as EU rolls out connectivity plan
Competitive positioning, commercial reverberations from an EU-wide connectivity plan and the potential for increased fibre consolidation point to accelerating pressure ...
Shifting satellite payload landscape driving new business opportunities amid stellar market growth forecasts
Technology advances and changes in manufacturing are helping send a record number of imaging and communications payloads into orbit, increasing flexibility for operators ...
Investor interest in connectivity drones sky high amid increasing activity in data collection
Growing demand for data and new connectivity strategies are helping to drive an influx of capital into the market for ...
Shift away from GEO communications as anchor architecture intensifies as Maxar faces SSL divest challenge
Maxar Technologies will find it challenging to sell its SSL GEO satellite manufacturing business in a declining market, an analyst said, ...
Terrestrial telecoms companies’ investment interest in satellite gets sounding amid moves in C-band reallocation
Terrestrial telecoms companies’ moves in C-band reallocation and other activity hint at potential investment interest in satellite amid converging connectivity ...
Changing connectivity landscape takes shape as Global Eagle Entertainment tests inflight broadband via LEO satellite
Global Eagle Entertainment said an in-flight aircraft has successfully communicated at broadband speeds with a LEO satellite as part of ...
