January 15, 2025
 

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In This Issue: Next-Gen Globalstar: Interview with CEO Paul Jacobs | SpaceX Launches 131 Payloads to LEO in Rideshare Mission | Loft Orbital Raises $170M | BlackSky Wins 1-Year Extension for EOCL Contract | Neo Space Group Appoints New CTO 
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Next-Gen Globalstar: CEO Paul Jacobs Talks Growth in D2D, IoT, and Satellite/Cellular Convergence
Globalstar has been through a reinvigoration over the past few years through its deal with Apple to provide the satellite capacity for iPhone satellite messaging.……[continued]
Launch
SpaceX Launches 131 Payloads to LEO in its 12th Rideshare Mission
SpaceX launched 131 payloads on the Transporter-12 mission to Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) on Jan. 14. This was SpaceX’s first rideshare mission of 2025.  The Falcon……[continued]
Finance
Loft Orbital Raises $170M, Plans to Scale With Inter-Satellite Links and AI
Loft Orbital raised $170 million in a Series C round, the company announced on Tuesday, along with plans to scale operations incorporating inter-satellite links and……[continued]
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BlackSky Wins 1-Year Extension for EOCL Contract with the NRO
BlackSky Technology won a one-year extension with the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) for the Electro-Optical Commercial Layer (EOCL) contract for its satellite imagery. BlackSky announced……[continued]
People
Neo Space Group Appoints Mark Dickinson as New CTO
Neo Space Group (NSG) has appointed former Inmarsat and Viasat exec Mark Dickinson as its new CTO. Dickinson is set to play a key role……[continued]
Finance
ICYMI: Comtech Shakes Up Leadership Again: Ratigan is Out, Ken Traub Takes the Helm
Less than three months after naming a new CEO, Comtech Telecommunications is going through another leadership shakeup. The company’s board named Ken Traub as president……[continued]
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