by Peter B. de Selding | Jul 17, 2018
FARNBOROUGH, England — Vertical launch-vehicle startup Orbex has been in “No Comment” mode for three years and on July 16 lifted the veil on a fully made-in-UK rocket — no ITAR issues here — using propane fuel and 30 million pounds ($40 million) in investment from UK...
by Peter B. de Selding | Jul 16, 2018
PARIS — The European Investment Bank (EIB) on July 11 signed an agreement with the European Space Agency (ESA) under which the two organizations would look into space-finance mechanisms for companies and projects that are too small to be on EIB’s radar but have...
by Peter B. de Selding | Jul 13, 2018
PARIS — In-flight-connectivity (IFC) provider Gogo Inc. said the contract model it pioneered a decade ago is a lousy business it will no longer pursue, and that it would cease trying to lure airlines with open-bar terms that have sent much of the IFC sector into a...
by Peter B. de Selding | Jul 13, 2018
PARIS — The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s decision to pursue proposals to open 500 MHz of now satellite-only C-band spectrum for future terrestrial wireless 5G had the now-predictable effect of causing a big jump in Intelsat and, to a lesser degree,...
by Peter B. de Selding | Jul 11, 2018
PARIS — Startup plasma-electric satellite thruster Apollo Fusion has secured $10 million in Series B financing from Greylock Partners’ Reid Hoffman, who was also lead investor in the company’s $8-million Series A. Mountain View, Calif.-based Apollo said that the fresh...
