Intelsat lost $111.3 million during its 2018 fiscal Fourth Quarter (Q4) and $599.6 million during the full year, according to the Virginia-based satellite operator’s latest financial results, published Feb. 20. The company’s Q4 2018 revenue tally of $542.8 million was 4 percent lower than its Q4 2017 results. Intelsat attributed the decline to an expected decrease…

ExactEarth completed the rollout of its real-time global satellite Automatic Identification System (AIS) service after activating the final six payloads of its exactView constellation, the company reported Feb. 15. The constellation comprises of 58 payloads and seven orbital spares built by Harris, and hosted onboard the Iridium Next constellation, operated by Iridium Communications. Now that exactView…

U.K.-based communications services hub Goonhilly Earth Station entered into an agreement with a fellow startup launch facility, Shetland Space Center (SSC), to jointly promote and deliver launch, monitoring, and tracking capabilities, the companies announced Feb. 5. Both startup companies will collaborate on vertical and horizontal launch services for U.K. space customers from facilities at the extreme…

After establishing an impressive three-decade-long career at legacy aerospace companies Lockheed Martin and Xtar, Robert Cleave found himself in the C-suite at Vector, an Arizona-based new entrant to the U.S. launch services market. He joined the company last month, tasked with transforming the recently acquired $70 million in Series B capital into Vector’s first major…