SKY Perfect JSAT invests in LeoSat constellation
Japan’s SKY Perfect JSAT is investing an undisclosed sum in LeoSat Enterprises to become an anchor investor in a strategic ...
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Arianespace to resume French Guiana launches on 4 May, picks dates for other deferred flights
Arianespace will resume launches from French Guiana, where protests recently erupted, with an Ariane 5 flight on 4 May and ...
Insurance round-up: Brokers go head to head for condosat placement
Insurance for the Arabsat portion of a satellite it is sharing with Inmarsat was waiting to be placed by a separate broker as SatelliteFinance ...
Iridium adjusts US$1.8bn Coface facility, targets August for third NEXT launch
Iridium Communications has adjusted the US$1.8bn Coface-backed credit facility funding its NEXT satellite constellation following launch delays. During the US MSS operator’s ...
Swiss Space Systems declared bankrupt to become the latest smallsat launcher to hit financial difficulties
Swiss Space Systems has gone bust less than four years after opening its doors, derailing plans to provide smallsat launches ...
Global Eagle Entertainment launches US$670m debt deal as it eyes next satcoms acquisition
US satcoms provider Global Eagle Entertainment is looking to secure US$670m in debt amid strategic talks to buy “a related business” in a deal ...
RSCC launches tender for financing Express-80 and Express-103 satellites
Russian state-owned FSS operator RSCC is looking to hire a bank to arrange the financing for ordering two new communications satellites. RSCC is ...
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 ...
Softbank in OneWeb linkup talks amid US$500m fundraising
Japan’s Softbank is reportedly one of the suitors speaking to OneWeb about a potential strategic linkup as the LEO broadband startup looks to raise ...
Rockwell Collins pays US$6.4bn to diversify into aircraft interiors with B/E Aerospace buy
Aircraft solutions firm Rockwell Collins is buying cabin interiors supplier B/E Aerospace for US$6.4bn in a transformational deal that will increase its revenues by more ...
