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ArianeGroup: We wouldn’t adopt a reusable rocket model now even with SpaceX’s technology
PARIS — The new president of rocket prime contractor ArianeGroup said that even if the company had all the technologies needed to reuse part of the Ariane 6 rocket, it would not adopt it because of...
French parliamentary committee: Space situational awareness should be top French space-defense priority
PARIS — The French parliament’s Defense Committee has called for investment in space situational awareness (SSA) as France’s number-one military space priority, concluding that space defense begins...
Love at 1st LEO: For Global Eagle, GEO will be an also-ran in future in-flight-connectivity market
PARIS — Satellite aeronautical, maritime and land-based connectivity provider Global Eagle Entertainment (GEE) gave a full-on endorsement of using LEO-orbit satellites for in-flight connectivity. In...
Maritime VSAT provider KVH says no-commitment service to be cash-flow positive in 2019
PARIS — Maritime satellite hardware and service provider KVH Industries expects to be cash-flow positive in 2019 on its year-old AgilePlans Connectivity as a Service offering, saying market take-up...
ESA’s 2019 budget reflects higher spending on telecommunications, space transportation
PARIS — The 2019 budget of the European Space Agency (ESA) is 2% higher than 2018 as planned spending on launch vehicles and telecommunications programs offsets reductions in navigation and human...
ESA’s launch director: The commercial market presents the biggest challenge to Europe’s launch-service model since 2002
PARIS — Daniel Neuenschwander, director of space transportation at the 22-nation European Space Agency (ESA), is not one for dramatic declarations. So when he says that the 40-year model Europe has...
Canada’s UrtheCast secures high-cost loan for revenue-generating acquisition, but cash challenges remain
PARIS — Canadian satellite geospatial imagery and services provider UrtheCast Corp. said it had secured a one-year, $12 million term loan to finance debt payments and a downpayment on the purchase...
PocketQube pioneer Alba Orbital, in breakthrough export order, sells 2 satellites to U.S.-based Stara Space
PARIS — Alba Orbital of Scotland, in its first export, has sold two 750-gram PocketQube satellites to startup Stara Space of the United States, which is designing a communications constellation for...
Maxar CEO Lance resigns after 32 months in office; DigitalGlobe chief Daniel Jablonsky named as replacement
PARIS — Maxar Technologies, owner of geospatial information provider DigitalGobe and satellite builder SSL, on Jan 14 said Chief Executive Howard L. Lance had resigned after less than three years in...
After ride-shares on India’s PSLV & SpaceX, IoT startup Hiber books a dedicated Vector launch
PARIS — Satellite-based IIoT/M2M startup Hiber of the Netherlands has booked a dedicated launch this year on Vector’s Vector-R rocket, to operate from the Pacific Spaceport Complex in Alaska. After...
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ArianeGroup: We wouldn’t adopt a reusable rocket model now even with SpaceX’s technology
PARIS — The new president of rocket prime contractor ArianeGroup said that even if the company had all the technologies needed to reuse part of the Ariane 6 rocket, it would not adopt it because of...
French parliamentary committee: Space situational awareness should be top French space-defense priority
PARIS — The French parliament’s Defense Committee has called for investment in space situational awareness (SSA) as France’s number-one military space priority, concluding that space defense begins...
Love at 1st LEO: For Global Eagle, GEO will be an also-ran in future in-flight-connectivity market
PARIS — Satellite aeronautical, maritime and land-based connectivity provider Global Eagle Entertainment (GEE) gave a full-on endorsement of using LEO-orbit satellites for in-flight connectivity. In...
Maritime VSAT provider KVH says no-commitment service to be cash-flow positive in 2019
PARIS — Maritime satellite hardware and service provider KVH Industries expects to be cash-flow positive in 2019 on its year-old AgilePlans Connectivity as a Service offering, saying market take-up...
ESA’s 2019 budget reflects higher spending on telecommunications, space transportation
PARIS — The 2019 budget of the European Space Agency (ESA) is 2% higher than 2018 as planned spending on launch vehicles and telecommunications programs offsets reductions in navigation and human...
ESA’s launch director: The commercial market presents the biggest challenge to Europe’s launch-service model since 2002
PARIS — Daniel Neuenschwander, director of space transportation at the 22-nation European Space Agency (ESA), is not one for dramatic declarations. So when he says that the 40-year model Europe has...
Canada’s UrtheCast secures high-cost loan for revenue-generating acquisition, but cash challenges remain
PARIS — Canadian satellite geospatial imagery and services provider UrtheCast Corp. said it had secured a one-year, $12 million term loan to finance debt payments and a downpayment on the purchase...
PocketQube pioneer Alba Orbital, in breakthrough export order, sells 2 satellites to U.S.-based Stara Space
PARIS — Alba Orbital of Scotland, in its first export, has sold two 750-gram PocketQube satellites to startup Stara Space of the United States, which is designing a communications constellation for...
Maxar CEO Lance resigns after 32 months in office; DigitalGlobe chief Daniel Jablonsky named as replacement
PARIS — Maxar Technologies, owner of geospatial information provider DigitalGobe and satellite builder SSL, on Jan 14 said Chief Executive Howard L. Lance had resigned after less than three years in...
After ride-shares on India’s PSLV & SpaceX, IoT startup Hiber books a dedicated Vector launch
PARIS — Satellite-based IIoT/M2M startup Hiber of the Netherlands has booked a dedicated launch this year on Vector’s Vector-R rocket, to operate from the Pacific Spaceport Complex in Alaska. After...
