Author: Owen D. Kurtin
March 2, 2021
Since Intelsat’s bankruptcy filing in May 2020, the company has portrayed its bankruptcy and restructuring as a triumphant march to continued and greater success, with an “Intelsat Onward” website and a tone of positivity. The latest development in the operator’s bankruptcy proceedings came in mid-February, when Intelsat announced that it had filed a plan of…
August 1, 2013
With the stock market reaching new heights, stock options are again in vogue, and may offer a way for satellite and space sector companies to attract and keep valuable employees. However, the burning many option holders experienced during the great recession will likely make employees more discriminating about option grants, under what circumstances to accept…
July 1, 2013
This column has previously reported on the in-flux state of the launch service provider sector of the space industry (see “Dollars and Sense,” April 2013), and has covered the progress of new market entrant SpaceX’s Falcon launch vehicles and Dragon payload. This market received another shake up this spring, with the April 21 launch of…
June 1, 2013
Intelsat went forward with a long-awaited initial public offering in April dominated by defiant market conditions and challenges arising from the company’s own debt-laden capital structure. The Intelsat IPO went effective on April 18, with the company having reduced the offering price to $18 per common share on an offering of 19.3 million shares –…