Manufacture
January 18, 2023
Satellite payload manufacturer Swissto12 is receiving funding from the European Space Agency (ESA) Ministerial Council for its HummingSat satellite product line. The company announced Jan. 19 that the HummingSat Partnership Project with the European Space Agency (ESA) is moving forward with more than 30 million euros ($32.45 million) in funding from the ESA Ministerial Conference…
December 22, 2022
Terran Orbital delivered the final satellite buses to Lockheed Martin for its Space Development Agency (SDA) Tranche 0 Transport Layer contract. Terran Orbital built 10 buses for Lockheed as a subcontractor on Tranche 0. The Tranche 0 Transport Layer is part of the SDA’s National Defense Space Architecture (NDSA) and will provide secure high-bandwidth, low-latency…
December 16, 2022
Maxar Technologies on Friday said it has agreed to be acquired by the private equity firm Advent International for about $4 billion in cash, a $53 per share price that is 129% above the closing price of the company’s shares on Thursday and about 34% above the high point of Maxar’s 52-week trading period. The…
December 5, 2022
Boeing has delivered the first two O3b mPOWER satellites for SES ahead of launch, Boeing announced Monday. The satellites are now in Florida being prepared for launch. SpaceX is set to launch the satellites no earlier than Dec. 15, SES confirmed to Via Satellite on Monday. The satellites are based on Boeing’s 702 platform. They…