Finance

Smallsat launcher ABL Space Systems has closed its Series B funding round of $170 million led by funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. Existing ABL investors […]

Inmarsat continues to reshape its management team under the leadership of new CEO Rajeev Suri after the surprise departure of Rupert Pearce in February. The company has tapped ex-Nokia Chief […]

Redwire has officially added its name to the list of space companies going public through a special-purpose acquisition corporation (SPAC). The space infrastructure conglomerate, which includes recently acquired entities such […]

Avanti Communications has appointed Vikas Grover as its new chief technology officer, the company announced Tuesday. Grover was previously the founding chief information officer at OneWeb, where he led global […]

Speedcast’s acquisition spree in the 2010’s made it one of the world’s largest remote telecommunications service providers. But, 2020 presented steep challenges to the company’s remote oil and gas and […]

New Zealand-based smallsat launcher Rocket Lab made headlines earlier this month when it announced plans to go public through a special purpose acquisition corporation (SPAC) and set a $4.1 billion […]

After having been of the biggest critics of Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellations like OneWeb, Tom Choi, chairman of the Airspace Internet Exchange, is now putting plans together for his own […]

RigNet saw its overall Full Year 2020 revenues decrease 14.4% compared to 2019, due to a continued economic slump in the energy sector. But, the company is beginning to see […]

Capella Space has hired Dan Getman as the new vice president of Product, the company announced March 12. Getman joins Capella Space from Descartes Labs, where he was director of […]

Via Satellite’s financial quarterly wrap-up condenses all of our quarterly reporting of publicly traded companies into one convenient location, with additional insight and analysis for our premium subscribers.   Fourth Quarter […]

Juan Pablo Cofino is the new regional vice president, CEO of Eutelsat Americas, Eutelsat announced March 11. This is a significant appointment for the company. Cofino had been regional vice […]

Speedcast has successfully completed its restructuring process and emerged from Chapter 11 proceedings, the company announced Thursday. Speedcast is now under the ownership of Centerbridge Partners, L.P. and its affiliates.  […]

Aerojet Rocketdyne said Tuesday evening that its stockholders have approved the $4.4 billion sale of the company to Lockheed Martin, clearing a hurdle on the deal that is still expected to […]

A spree of space startups — Rocket Lab, Spire Global, BlackSky, Momentus, Astra, and AST SpaceMobile — have recently announced plans to go public through Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs), […]

Isaac Angel is the new chairman of the board of Gilat Satellite Networks, the company announced March 9. Angel takes over from Dov Baharav who has stepped down and retired […]

Avanti has signed an interesting partnership with one of the United Kingdom’s big hopes for the Tokyo Olympic Games on International Women’s Day. The company is partnering with British 400m […]

In this new round-up, Via Satellite looks at recent research reports in the space and telecommunications arena. This installment features a look at the economics of the Starlink terminal, space […]

Chuck Beames, executive chairman of York Space Systems and founder of the SmallSat Alliance, is joining the board of advisors for Slingshot Aerospace, a space situational awareness company based in […]

Telesat reported its 2020 financial results on Thursday, with a 10% decline in revenue compared to the prior year, and forecasted a $356 billion total addressable market (TAM) for its […]

This is an excerpt of a recent Thursday Morning Conversation video, available to Via Satellite Free, Basic, and Premium members. Mauricio Segovia, CEO of AXESS Networks, recently sat down with […]

Comtech Telecommunications has closed its acquisition of UHP Networks, a satellite ground station technology company based in Canada. Comtech set its sights on UHP Networks for the company’s implementation techniques […]

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 […]

Space industry research and consultancy firm Bryce Space and Technology is changing its name to BryceTech. The company, founded in 2016 by Carissa Christensen, said the new name better aligned […]

Launcher Rocket Lab plans to go public through a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) to finance development of reusable launch vehicle with an 8-ton payload capacity, called Neutron.  Rocket Lab […]

Spire Global announced plans to go public through a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) on Monday — a two-for-one space SPAC day as launcher Rocket Lab debuted plans as well.  Spire, […]

AT&T has reached a deal with TPG Capital to spin off its U.S. video business unit of DIRECTV, AT&T TV, and U-verse. The transaction, announced Feb. 25., will separate AT&T’s […]

Washington state-based launch company, Stoke Space Technologies, has raised $9.1 million in seed investments to develop a completely reusable rocket that the company claims will offer launch services 20 times […]

AsiaSat is considering a new High Throughput Satellite (HTS), and may issue an RFP later this year, CEO Roger Tong told Via Satellite. While the company has been on a […]

Maxar Technologies reported its Fourth Quarter (Q4) and full year 2020 financial results on Wednesday, marking the third quarter of revenue growth in a row. In Q4, Maxar reported $467 […]

SES has seen an overall fall in revenues and profits for 2020, however its Networks business continues to see growth. The satellite operator announced its full year results on Feb. […]