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 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 — 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 a 69% increase in net assets. The results suggest that... 
by Peter B. de Selding | Jan 11, 2019
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 will be prime contractor and systems integrator for commercial... 
by Peter B. de Selding | Jan 10, 2019
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 result of Brexit. Inmarsat is one of two companies — EchoStar Mobile is... 
