Finance

Retired NASA astronaut Tim Kopra has joined MDA as vice president of Robotics and Space Operations, the Canadian company announced Tuesday. Kopra will be responsible for the work of the […]

AE Industrial Partners (AEI), a private equity firm dealing in the aerospace, defense, and government services markets, will form a new space-focused platform called Redwire following two recent acquisitions, the […]

DISH Network has hired a former T-Mobile executive to oversee the company’s wireless buildout strategy. The company announced Monday that Dave Mayo is now executive vice president of Network Development and […]

Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions (CAES), is selling its Cobham RAD radiation testing business to Radiation Test Solutions (RTS), which specializes in the design, analysis, and testing of semiconductor devices and materials for […]

Ligado Networks has received more than $100 million in new investments for its work to build 5G Internet of Things (IoT) networks, the company announced Thursday. This funding comes after […]

The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday said that it is requiring Communications and Power Industries LLC (CPI) to divest its ASC Signal Division for the company to proceed with its planned […]

This week’s Thursday Morning Conversation takes us to Los Angeles where we catch up with Relativity Space CEO and Co-Founder Tim Ellis, who talks about everything from the niche German […]

Intelsat shareholders are banding together to make sure their interests are represented in the company’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, according to a letter that was filed with Acting United States […]

In March, Russian state satellite operator RSCC announced that it was disconnecting the Ka-band transponders on its Express-AM6 satellite due to degradation of the spacecraft. The satellite originally entered service […]

Satellite operator Viasat reported record-breaking revenue increases and subscriber growth, and dropped a surprise revelation that it was scrapping its planned Medium-Earth Orbit (MEO) constellation for a new Low-Earth Orbit […]

OneWeb has told the FCC that it wants to increase the number of satellites in its constellation to 48,000, the Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite operator announced May 27. OneWeb, which […]

“It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day, it’s a new life” … for satellite. Over the last five or so years, there has been a downward trend of satellite […]

The coronavirus pandemic has swept the globe in one of the worst human tragedies of recent times. It is something that has united us all as we embrace a new […]

In the second of our two-part interview with Eutelsat CEO Rodolphe Belmer, we look at some of the key verticals outside of broadcast. Mobility remains a key driver for most […]

This week’s Thursday Morning Conversation takes us to Virginia where we talk to the very definition of a cybersecurity influencer, Bob Gourley, CTO and co-founder of OODA. Bob will be […]

Eutelsat released its First Quarter financial results last week and there were some encouraging signs as the operator looks to navigate the COVID-19 era. The operator’s broadcast revenues remained resilient, […]

SpaceX’s Senior Vice President of Production and Launch, Zachary Dunn, is moving to Relativity Space as the company’s vice president of Factory Development, Relativity announced Monday. Eric Berger of Ars […]

York Space Systems has opened a new production facility in Denver, the aerospace company announced Tuesday. The new space triples the footprint of York’s existing production facility, and will expedite […]

Astroscale Holdings Inc. has opened a Series E funding round and secured Japanese data center provider I-NET Corp. as its first investor, the company announced Monday. Astroscale hopes to close […]

Regulus Cyber, which offers cyber security for Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT), has raised $4 million in a future Series B Round. In a Monday announcement, the Israeli-based company said […]

Phase Four has reached an agreement with Marubeni Corporation as an exclusive representative of its Maxwell line of satellite engines in Japan. Phase Four also said in a Monday announcement […]

Xona Space Systems, a startup working on a secure and precise Position, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) satellite service, has raised a $1 million in a pre-seed round led by 1517, […]

Intelsat has positioned its filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as a move that will give the company liquidity to support clearing the C-band spectrum — but it’s possible that bankruptcy proceedings […]

Slight gains in broadcast revenues highlighted Eutelsat’s 2019 third fiscal quarter results, which were slightly better than it’s previous quarter, but down from the same period last year. Overall revenues […]

It has been quite a week in the satellite industry with the release of our OneWeb special edition and the Intelsat Chapter 11 news. However, we still bring you a […]

Intelsat and some of its subsidiaries filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Wednesday in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Richmond Division. Intelsat said the […]

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) is weighing options to assist vulnerable space startups that have been hit hard by the effects of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Space Force’s […]

Maxar Technologies reported consolidated revenues of $381 million for the First Quarter (Q1) of 2020, an 11.6% decline from the same time period in 2019. Separately, the company announced it […]

FCC Press Secretary Tina Pelkey is moving on to a position at Blue Origin. O’Dwyer’s public relations blog reported Monday that Pelkey will be senior manager of  government affairs communication. […]

The U.K.-based subsidiary of satellite antenna company Phasor Inc., is undergoing financial reorganization due to COVID-19. Phasor told Via Satellite that the company was recently at a very late stage of […]