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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...
International Space Station commercialization: Still small, but a definite upward trend
PARIS — The U.S. National Laboratory aboard the International Space Station (ISS) reported a 9.6% increase in revenue and other funding sources in fiscal-year 2018 compared to the previous year and...
French smallsat champion Nexeya adds Airbus to partnership ranks that include Thales Alenia Space, CNES
PARIS — Nexeya, which has been chosen by the French government to be a poster child for French NewSpace startups, has signed a partnership agreement with Airbus Defense and Space under which Airbus...
Forced by Brexit, Inmarsat moves satellite/ground airline connectivity business to Luxembourg
PARIS — Mobile satellite services operator Inmarsat of London is moving its subsidiary responsible for the ground- and satellite-based European Aviation Network (EAN) business to Luxembourg as a...
Arianespace says geostationary-orbit satellite market hit bottom in 2018, will rebound in 2019
PARIS — The Arianespace launch consortium reported revenue of 1.4 billion euros ($1.6 billion) in 2018, flat from 2017, and a 16% decline in its backlog reflected the continued decline in the market...
Sky and Space Global: We’ll make back payment to GomSpace & keep satellite constellation on schedule
PARIS — Startup satellite IoT/M2M constellation operator Sky and Space Global Ltd. said it would make a past-due payment to its satellite prime contractor within weeks to prevent its 200-satellite...
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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...
International Space Station commercialization: Still small, but a definite upward trend
PARIS — The U.S. National Laboratory aboard the International Space Station (ISS) reported a 9.6% increase in revenue and other funding sources in fiscal-year 2018 compared to the previous year and...
French smallsat champion Nexeya adds Airbus to partnership ranks that include Thales Alenia Space, CNES
PARIS — Nexeya, which has been chosen by the French government to be a poster child for French NewSpace startups, has signed a partnership agreement with Airbus Defense and Space under which Airbus...
Forced by Brexit, Inmarsat moves satellite/ground airline connectivity business to Luxembourg
PARIS — Mobile satellite services operator Inmarsat of London is moving its subsidiary responsible for the ground- and satellite-based European Aviation Network (EAN) business to Luxembourg as a...
Arianespace says geostationary-orbit satellite market hit bottom in 2018, will rebound in 2019
PARIS — The Arianespace launch consortium reported revenue of 1.4 billion euros ($1.6 billion) in 2018, flat from 2017, and a 16% decline in its backlog reflected the continued decline in the market...
Sky and Space Global: We’ll make back payment to GomSpace & keep satellite constellation on schedule
PARIS — Startup satellite IoT/M2M constellation operator Sky and Space Global Ltd. said it would make a past-due payment to its satellite prime contractor within weeks to prevent its 200-satellite...
