M&A set to gather speed amid enlarged newspace investments and major player interest
Commercial satellite M&A activity in 2020 is primed to crescendo as executives search for opportunities amid increasing newspace investments and ...
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Data providers plough new strategies as investment in sector flourishes
Data and analytics providers are digging into new strategies as they face pricing pressures and more competition alongside growing investor ...
Data focus and rising status of new service lines on horizon for smallsat sector tipped for consolidation
As newspace posterchild OneWeb counts down to its debut launch, the evolving smallsat sector as a whole is beginning to shift towards serving end ...
Investors prepare for another record year of space tech mega rounds
Worldwide space technology investments jumped nearly 29% in 2018, a year that saw more newspace funding rounds raise over US$75m than ever ...
China’s space sector ripening amid technology drive and export market focus
China’s commercial space ecosystem is ripening amid a technology push and focus on exports to developing markets, but state oversight ...
Orbital Insight buys FeatureX to expand web of relationships as demand for geospatial analytics soars
Orbital Insight has acquired artificial intelligence specialist FeatureX for an undisclosed amount, enabling the US geospatial analytics provider to expand its web of relationships as ...
The pros and cons of vertical integration in Earth observation
Imagery provider UrtheCast’s acquisition of analytics firm Geosys has brought questions over the merits of vertical integration in Earth observation to the fore. ...
More EO vertical integration likely as UrtheCast buys Geosys to bring analytics in-house
Canadian remote sensing firm UrtheCast is seeking entry points in other high-growth verticals, after securing its first analytics foothold in agriculture with ...
Synthetic-aperture-radar technology draws investor appetite as Iceye and UrtheCast generate financing
Finnish Earth imagery provider Iceye has raised US$34m in a series B round to bring its total funding to US$53m amid growth ...
UrtheCast evaluating inbound interest as it announces complex financing amid poor results
Earth observation company UrtheCast is receiving inbound transaction interest while it admits to ‘significant doubt’ of its continuing in business and ...
