Finance

HAMBURG, GERMANY — Executives from the aviation and satellite industries at the Passenger Experience Conference in Hamburg agreed that airlines need to invest in enhancing the passenger experience, as airlines...

Hyperspectral Earth-imaging technology startup Pixxel raised $36 million in its Series B funding round and added Google to its list of investors, the company announced Thursday. Some of Pixxel’s existing...

Satellite startup Hubble Network recently announced a $20 million Series A funding round, along with its plans to launch a satellite constellation for Bluetooth device connectivity. Describing the company as “Starlink...

Viasat closed its acquisition of Inmarsat late Tuesday, completing a merger of two of the largest satellite operators. The acquisition brings together 19 satellites in Ka-, L-, and S-bands, and...

Redwire COO Andrew Rush, formerly of Made In Space, is joining space exploration company Copernicus Space Corporation as president and CEO.  Copernicus is developing miniaturized, semi-autonomous space probes to search...

SatixFy Communications is making another change at the CEO level, as CEO Ido Gur will step down. The company’s former Chief Commercial Officer Nir Barkan is returning as acting CEO...

Inmarsat CEO Rajeev Suri will step down from his role with the close of the Viasat acquisition, Inmarsat announced Friday. Suri has been nominated to serve on Viasat’s board of...

Japanese space robotics startup GITAI has raised $30 million in a Series B extension round, the company announced May 25. GITAI is headquartered in Japan and has a U.S. subsidiary....

Viasat’s acquisition of Inmarsat is on its way to close after clearing a review by the European Commission. The transaction is expected to close by the end of this month,...

Fleet Space Technologies has completed a successful Series C funding round, raising a further $50 million Australian dollars ($33.14 million), the company announced May 24. The new funding has been...