by Peter B. de Selding | Nov 14, 2018
PARIS — Satellite broadband hardware and services provider Gilat Satellite Networks said the qualification of its dual Ku-/Ka-band aero terminal is likely to have its most immediate impact in China, where the company is already partnered with local IFC/IFE provider...
by Peter B. de Selding | Nov 14, 2018
PARIS — Satellite prime contractor Thales Alenia Space signed a cooperation agreement with French aerospace-research lab ONERA, saying public-private relationships like this that enabled it to best Viasat to win a high-throughput-satellite contract with fleet operator...
by Peter B. de Selding | Nov 13, 2018
PARIS — The prime contractor for Europe’s Ariane rockets on Nov. 13 outlined why and how it plans to cut its work force by 25% over four years given the transition from Ariane 5 to Ariane 6, a still-depressed heavy-lift commercial satellite market and the inability of...
by Peter B. de Selding | Nov 13, 2018
PARIS — Government and industry managers of Europe’s new Ariane 6 heavy-lift launcher have never been willing to drop the other shoe, until now. Since Ariane 6 was decided — at a cost of 3 billion euros ($3.6 billion) to participating European Space Agency governments...
by Peter B. de Selding | Nov 12, 2018
PARIS — Cubesat constellation operator Spire, which is trying to develop its satellite-manufacturing know-how into a separate profit center, is offering to launch 20 payloads on 20 satellites in 12 months or less for 10 million euros ($11.6 million). Spire Chief...
by Peter B. de Selding | Nov 12, 2018
PARIS — Cubesat builder GomSpace reaffirmed its ambitious five-year revenue target but said its nearer-term goals have been upset by the liquidity challenges of its largest customer, Sky and Space Global (SAS). Denmark-based GomSpace said it had slowed work on the SAS...
