Finance
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Finance
GoGo Abstains From 2020 Guidance as Pandemic Hits IFC Market
GoGo reported consolidated revenue of $184.5 million and a net loss of $84.8 million for the First Quarter (Q1) of 2020. The financial results released Monday showed the In-Flight Connectivity […]
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Finance
Virgin Group to Sell Virgin Galactic Stock to Combat COVID-19 Losses
Richard Branson’s Virgin Group announced Monday that plans to sell up to 25 million shares of its common stock in Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc., and use any proceeds to support […]
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Finance
Kratos Q1 Results Show Optimism for Space and Satellite
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. released its First Quarter (Q1) 2020 financial results on May 7, reporting revenues of $168.9 million, a 5.3% increase over Q1 2019. Its Q1 […]
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Finance
Azercosmos Partners with TheAngle for Middle East Service
Azercosmos has signed a partnership with TheAngle, which provides satellite network services in the Middle East. The two companies announced May 6 that they plan to provide communication services including […]
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Finance
Firefly Aerospace Earns AS9100 Quality Certification
Firefly Aerospace, Inc. announced May 6 that it has secured AS9100 quality certification — a key quality milestone as the company transitions from the developmental phase to the first launch of […]
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Finance
Curvalux to Open R&D Facility in the UK
Curvalux UK and a government authority of Sheffield in South Yorkshire, United Kingdom, are jointly investing to open a telecommunications R&D center and production facility. Curvalux, which is developing and […]
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Finance
SES Maintains 2020 Financial Outlook After ‘Strong’ Start in 1Q
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, SES is staying the course for 2020. The satellite operator did not update its financial outlook for the year in its First Quarter (Q1) financial results […]
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Finance
Hughes Adds 39,000 Broadband Subscribers in Q1
In its First Quarter (Q1) financial results released Thursday, EchoStar Corporation reported consolidated revenues of $465.7 million, a 2% Year-Over-Year (YOY) increase. Net loss from continuing operations was $57.7 million, […]
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Finance
DISH Network Subscribers Decline in Q1
DISH Network Corporation released its First Quarter (Q1) results on Tuesday, reporting $3.22 billion in revenue, compared to $3.19 billion for Q1 2019. Net income attributable to DISH Network totaled […]
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Finance
Thursday Morning Conversation with Arianespace CEO Stéphane Israël
Our Thursday Morning Conversation this week takes us to the city of Paris where we catch up with Arianespace’s CEO, Stéphane Israël. Here, we talk about how Stéphane and his […]
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Finance
AMERGINT Technology to Acquire Tethers Unlimited
AMERGINT Technology has acquired Tethers Unlimited, Inc. (TUI), the company announced Wednesday. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. This acquisition comes on the heels of AMERGINT’s acquisition of Raytheon […]
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Finance
Virgin Galactic Loses $60M in Q1, Announces NASA Partnership
Virgin Galactic saw a net loss of $60 million in the First Quarter (Q1) of 2020, as reported in its results released on Tuesday. This net loss was less than […]
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Connectivity
PSSI Global Services Sues FCC Over C-Band Order
PSSI Global Services is suing the FCC over its plan to reallocate the C-band spectrum for 5G services, arguing the order approved in February will “destroy” its special event satellite […]
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Finance
L3Harris Reports Merger Gains in Q1, Revises Full-Year Outlook
L3Harris Technologies shared its First Quarter (Q1) 2020 results on Tuesday, reporting $4.6 billion in revenue, up 168% from Q1 2019 GAAP. Net income was $194 million, a 20% decrease […]
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Finance
Space Angels Rebrands as Space Capital
Space Angels is changing its branding structure and will now be led by its Space Capital brand. Space Angels, the space economy angel investment platform, was founded in 2007, and […]
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Finance
Report: Amazon Circles Bankrupt OneWeb Assets
Amazon is circling crashed satellite company OneWeb, the British firm backed by Sir Richard Branson and SoftBank, The Sunday Telegraph can reveal. The e-commerce giant is understood to be among the firms sifting […]
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Finance
Telesat Revenue Dips in Q1, Company Expects Pandemic Headwinds
Telesat released its First Quarter (Q1) financial results on Thursday, reporting $150 million in consolidated revenue, a decrease of 6% compared to the same time period in 2019. Q1 net […]
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Finance
Infostellar Raises Additional Capital in Attempt to Disrupt the Ground Station Market
In a world where enterprises can rent not just additional computing power, but their entire IT network, Tokyo-based startup Infostellar is using that model by offering ground-station-as-a-service for the emerging […]
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Finance
Thursday Morning Conversation with Tom Choi
For the latest Thursday Morning Conversation, Via Satellite went all the way to Hong Kong to talk to Tom Choi, executive chairman at Airspace Internet Exchange. We find out what […]
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Finance
Steve Spengler Part Two: Intelsat’s Capital Expenditure Plans
OneWeb‘s recent filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, as well as the earlier failure of LeoSat, has again put the debate around long-term business plans in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) into […]
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Finance
Northrop Grumman Posts 1Q Growth in All Four Segments
Northrop Grumman released its First Quarter (Q1) 2020 results on Wednesday, reporting a sales of $8.6 billion, a 5% increase from the same time period in 2019. Net earnings increased […]
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Finance
Boeing’s Struggles Continue in 1Q, Layoffs Coming
Boeing‘s First Quarter (Q1) results released Wednesday showed the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic hitting the aerospace industry, as the company is still reeling from the financial effects of the […]
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Finance
Intelsat CEO Steve Spengler Talks C-Band, Covid, and Chapter 11
Intelsat has been at the center of some of the biggest stories in satellite this year, from the splits in the C-Band Alliance (CBA), the technology breakthrough with the remote […]
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Finance
Iridium Forecasts Growth in Service Revenue Despite Pandemic
Iridium released its First Quarter (Q1) 2020 revenue results on Tuesday, reporting $145.3 million in total revenue, a 9% increase from the same time period in 2019. The company’s Q1 […]
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Finance
L3Harris Team Designs Ventilator Support System
A team led by L3Harris Technologies engineers has designed a ventilation support system to help patients combat COVID-19 as part of the U.S. government’s Hack-A-Vent Innovation Challenge. The team’s i3 […]
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Finance
Virgin Orbit ‘Bridge’ Ventilators Get FDA Approval
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Emergency Use Authorization for “bridge” ventilators built by Virgin Orbit. The company said in an April 22 release that it expects […]
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Finance
Report: Viasat Cuts Workforce by 6% Due to Coronavirus
Viasat laid off about 6% of its global workforce this week due to the economic impact of the coronavirus lockdown, including 131 workers at its Carlsbad, California, headquarters. The company, […]
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Finance
Speedcast Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
Speedcast has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, the company announced Thursday. Speedcast said that pressures on the oil and […]
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Finance
Thursday Morning Conversation with SES CEO Steve Collar
Our latest Thursday Morning Conversation is with our new Satellite Executive of the Year winner, Steve Collar of SES, who really needs no introduction. Here we talk everything from finest […]
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Finance
Lockheed Martin Reports 10% Increase in Q1 Space Sales
Lockheed Martin saw about a 9.8% increase in net sales in the First Quarter (Q1) of 2020 compared to 2019, and said in its earnings report released Tuesday that the […]




























