http://www.satellitetoday.com Satellite Today en-us 2013 Fri, 24 May 2013 7:08:10 EDT 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... http://www.satellitetoday.com/via/dollarsandsense/41231.html Sat, 1 Jun 2013 0:00:00 EDT This column has previously discussed the hacking threat to U.S. satellites (see, “A New Threat: Satellite Hacking and China’s Role,” Via Satellite, December 2011). At that time we assessed the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission’s draft annual report, which concluded... http://www.satellitetoday.com/via/dollarsandsense/40971.html Wed, 1 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT Commercial satellite launch services continue in a state of flux, with new and returning market entrants threatening the already-thin margins of the existing players, a new wave of launch failures roiling the market, and funding of next generation vehicles still in question, while demand appears static in... http://www.satellitetoday.com/via/dollarsandsense/40850.html Mon, 1 Apr 2013 0:00:00 EDT Satellite life extension continues to hold both revolutionary promise and disruptive menace for the satellite and space industry. The useful lifetime of geosynchronous orbit satellites averages about fifteen years – a limit primarily imposed by the exhaustion of propellant aboard. The propellant is... http://www.satellitetoday.com/via/dollarsandsense/40639.html Fri, 1 Mar 2013 0:00:00 EST Satellite technology export controls took a long step forward to rationalization as Congress passed, and President Obama signed into law on January 3, the fiscal year 2013 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which returns authority to the President to determine technology export control requirements... http://www.satellitetoday.com/via/dollarsandsense/40495.html Fri, 1 Feb 2013 0:00:00 EST The re-election of U.S. President Barack Obama for a second four-year term in a bitterly polarized political climate and era of crisis-level budget deficits can fairly be seen to promise a continuation of the status quo in U.S. Government space policy. That policy was led by the Obama Administration’s... http://www.satellitetoday.com/via/dollarsandsense/40137.html Tue, 1 Jan 2013 0:00:00 EST Last month, we discussed the return of industrial M&A in the space sector with the announcement of the acquisition of U.S. satellite manufacturer Space Systems Loral (SS/L) by Canadian manufacturer MDA Corp. The plan this month was to discuss the pending acquisition by EADS, the European consortium and... http://www.satellitetoday.com/via/dollarsandsense/40036.html Sat, 1 Dec 2012 0:00:00 EST Industrial M&A returned to the space sector over the summer with a vengeance, with the announcement of the acquisition of Palo Alto, California-based satellite manufacturer Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) by Canadian manufacturer MDA Corp. During the summer, news stories also surfaced that EADS, the European... http://www.satellitetoday.com/via/dollarsandsense/39734.html Thu, 1 Nov 2012 0:00:00 EDT On July 23, earth-imaging provider DigitalGlobe Inc. announced that it agreed to acquire competitor GeoEye Inc. for approximately $900 million. GeoEye’s principal shareholder, private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management, agreed to vote its shares in favor of the merger, making it almost certain to... http://www.satellitetoday.com/via/dollarsandsense/39495.html Mon, 1 Oct 2012 0:00:00 EDT In columns during the last four years, we have looked at the effects of the recession on the satellite and space sector. We decried bailouts of the financial services and automobile industries under the justification of being ‘too big to fail’ because of the ‘moral hazard’ those... http://www.satellitetoday.com/via/dollarsandsense/39281.html Sat, 1 Sep 2012 0:00:00 EDT