UPDATED 06/26/2018 – Eutelsat announced June 26 that it no longer intends to make an acquisition offer for Inmarsat, though it will reserve the right to reconsider its position within...
Mu Space has released a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a manufacturer to build the company’s first satellite with coverag spanning across Asia-Pacific. The High Throughput Satellite will be on...
Viasat has appointed Dave Ryan to lead its space systems business, effective immediately. Ryan will provide strategic guidance and oversight for the satellite system design, fabrication, test and operations of...
Airbus has opened its Space Academy in Toulouse, France to help train customers in the operation of satellites and space systems that are acquired from the company. When a customer...
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is finally here. After a two year “grace period” where companies were given the time to adapt, it came into force last May 25....
It has certainly been an interesting few weeks on the interview front. Following on from our interview with Jeff Bezos, we got the opportunity to talk with another of world’s...
Firefly Aerospace has appointed Leslie Kovacs as vice president of business development. Kovacs has more than 30 years of space launch industry experience, most recently at United Launch Alliance (ULA) as director...
Spatial analytics provider Esri and DigitalGlobe have created a story map of high-resolution imagery that visualizes the 12 venues being used for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, exclusive to The...
In one of the biggest deals in U.S. media history, AT&T has been given the go-ahead to acquire Time Warner. Given that AT&T owns DirecTV, one of the largest satellite...
As fiscal year 2017 financials trickled in, it was clear that the impact of a changing market and pricing declines continues to hit the bottom line of commercial satellite operators....