by Peter B. de Selding | Jan 16, 2019
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 used to develop rockets is facing its greatest crises since a 2002... 
by Peter B. de Selding | Jan 16, 2019
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 of GeoSys Technology Holding from Land O’Lakes. The loan, from Bolzano... 
by Peter B. de Selding | Jan 15, 2019
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 secure data transfers with inter-satellite links. The launch, on a... 
by Peter B. de Selding | Jan 14, 2019
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 office and that Daniel Jablonsky, president of DigitalGlobe, would... 
by Peter B. de Selding | Jan 14, 2019
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 waiting out long launch delays, Hiber launched two satellites in quick... 
