Finance

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. […]

Inmarsat CEO Rupert Pearce is leaving the company at the end of this month. He will be replaced by former Nokia CEO Rajeev Suri, who will start March 1. Pearce […]

Hughes Network Systems has pushed back the launch of its Jupiter 3 satellite to the second half of 2022. The company announced the schedule change in the Fourth Quarter (Q4) […]

Redwire on Tuesday said it has acquired Deployable Space Systems (DSS), a supplier of deployable solar arrays and other space structures, in a deal that adds a new line of products […]

This marks the third year of Via Satellite’s Satellite Technology of the Year (STOTY) award, recognizing a single technology, innovation, or concept, as well as the organization responsible for its […]

Via Satellite presents a group of six nominees for the prestigious Satellite Executive of the Year award, which honors an executive that has led a company to great financial success […]

In February, Telesat finally came forward with the long-awaited announcement of the details of its Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation, a venture away from Geostationary Orbit (GEO) for the Canadian satellite […]

SmartSky Networks has closed on more than $32 million in equity and debt funding, the company announced Monday. This funding comes as the company prepares to roll out its Air-to-Ground […]

The chief financial officer (CFO) of Bharti Global, Srikanth Balachandran, has joined OneWeb as CFO, the company announced Feb. 19. Balachandran has been CFO of Bharti Global since October 2018, […]

Airbus released its Full Year (FY) 2020 results on Feb. 18 after a challenging year for the company, reporting 4.3 billion euros ($5.2 billion) in revenue — a 29% revenue […]

The government of Québec will invest 400 million Canadian dollars ($316 million) in Telesat‘s new Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation, Lightspeed. In return, Canadian satellite operator Telesat will invest CA$1.6 billion […]

Virgin Orbit has tapped the former CEO of OneWeb Satellites, Tony Gingiss, as the company’s first chief operating officer (COO). In a Wednesday release, Virgin Orbit said Gingiss will oversee […]

BlackSky Holdings is the latest space startup to go public through a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger, announcing a deal Thursday to go public with a $1.1 billion valuation.  […]

Houston-based startup Axiom Space has successfully raised $130 million in Series B funding to support its goal of building the world’s first commercial space station. The company said that it […]

Avanti Communications has completed a refinancing deal that gives the company a new capital injection and an extension to pay back loans, the company announced on Monday. Avanti’s latest refinancing […]

Eutelsat Communications saw revenues and profits fall slightly in the six months to the end of December 2020, and pushed back the launch of several satellites in its First Half […]