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Business
Intelsat's Plan to Emerge from Chapter 11 Would Cut Debt By Half
Intelsat has reached a plan supported by some of its creditors to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy with its debt cut by more than half…
February 12, 2021
Business
Telesat to Build Lightspeed Constellation in Québec After Receiving $400 Million Investment
The government of Québec will invest 400 million Canadian dollars ($316 million) in Telesat's new Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation, Lightspeed. In return, Canadian satellite operator…
February 18, 2021
Opinion
Satcom Ground Engineers Target Innovations to Enable the LEO Era
Over recent years we’ve seen some impressive advancements across the satcoms industry with boundaries pushed further than we once thought possible. It was recently reported that SpaceX’s…
February 17, 2021
Business
BlackSky Looks to Go Public in SPAC Merger 
BlackSky Holdings is the latest space startup to go public through a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger, announcing a deal Thursday to go public…
February 18, 2021
Broadband
Telesat Picks Thales for Lightspeed LEO Constellation 
Telesat has selected Thales Alenia Space as the prime contractor to manufacture the Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation it is calling Lightspeed. The agreement between Telesat…
February 9, 2021
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Innovation
Airbus Unveils New LEO Tech Development
Airbus Defence and Space has teamed up with the Advanced Technology Institute at the University of Surrey to develop what it calls a breakthrough nano-barrier that…
February 16, 2021
Launch
SpaceX's Falcon 9 Booster Recovery Streak Comes to an End
SpaceX deployed another round of Starlink satellites late Monday, but ended its streak of Falcon 9 booster recoveries.  The Falcon 9 rocket took off on…
February 16, 2021
IIOT
Swarm CEO Sara Spangelo Sets Disruptive Pricing on New Satellite IoT Service
Swarm’s Internet of Things (IoT) network that connects sandwich-sized satellites to tiny, handheld hardware is now live, offering remote connectivity at the market-disrupting price of…
February 10, 2021
Business
Eutelsat Sees Revenue Take Slight Dip in H1, Pushes Back 3 Satellite Launches
Eutelsat Communications saw revenues and profits fall slightly in the six months to the end of December 2020, and pushed back the launch of several…
February 12, 2021
Business
Sunil Bharti Mittal Talks Renewed Faith in 'Hidden Gem' OneWeb
Sunil Bharti Mittal is one of India’s richest business people, and is worth over $10 billion according to Forbes. He is the founder and chairman…
January 19, 2021
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