by Peter B. de Selding | Aug 7, 2018
LOGAN, Utah — EchoStar Chairman Charles W. Ergen sang the praises of Inmarsat’s management and strategy but regretted that the two companies could not be combined through an EchoStar takeover at a time when the global satellite sector is badly in need of...
by Peter B. de Selding | Aug 7, 2018
LOGAN, Utah — Holding its cards close to its vest? Terran Orbital looks like it had its cards sewn directly into its vest, so little has the company released about its status and plans. But money talks, and the Aug. 6 announcement that Terran — which owns Tyvak...
by Peter B. de Selding | Aug 7, 2018
LOGAN, Utah — Satellite market consultancy Euroconsult added its voice to the growth chorus here at the SmallSat conference, forecasting that the number of less-than-500-kg satellites launched in the coming decade would surpass 7,000, compared to 1,187 in the 10 years...
by Peter B. de Selding | Aug 7, 2018
LOGAN, Utah — Startup Earth imaging constellation operator Astro Digital has scaled back plans for its Landmapper BC satellite constellation, concluding that by cross-calibrating with the U.S. Landsat 8 satellite and Europe’s twin Sentinel 2 spacecraft, the company...
by Peter B. de Selding | Aug 6, 2018
PARIS — Launch-service aggregator Spaceflight expects to launch 71 satellites for more than 30 customers on a single SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket late this year — the date is holding, so far — in the company’s first purchase of an entire large rocket. Seattle-based...
