FIRST UP Satcom
Ruag Space CEO leaves company • Viasat, Data Link Solutions net $1 billion defense IDIQ contracts
The longtime chief executive of Ruag Space, Peter Guggenbach, is leaving to “take on a new challenge outside the company,” Ruag announced May 19.
JSAT delays earnings • Orbcomm confident during pandemic
Japanese satellite operator Sky Perfect JSAT is delaying its annual financial report by seven weeks, citing the coronavirus.
Teledyne braces for OneWeb business loss • Swarm completes regulatory work for US service
Teledyne, one of the first component suppliers to announce an agreement with OneWeb, is considering a $40 million pre-tax charge to its financial performance
GMV reports 30% space revenue boost • ESA patents new telemetry compression technique
GMV reported 140 million euros in 2019 space revenue ($152.5 million), up 30% year over year. Space counted for more than half of the Spanish company's 245 million euros in total revenue.
HTS supply climbing high • Astrocast gains investor • NanoAvionics expanding in U.S.
The supply of high-throughput satellite capacity is projected to increase twelvefold by 2024 from where it was in 2019, according to a new report by research firm Euroconsult.
Ariane 6 launch site gets ready • BulgariaSat-1 capacity sales at 15% • U.K. to study MEV-1 docking
The Guiana Space Center is preparing for the first launch of Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket.
GMV providing ground infrastructure for Space Norway satellites • AAC Clyde wins cubesat order
Spanish supplier GMV received a contract from Northrop Grumman to provide the flight control system for Space Norway’s two highly elliptical orbit satellites.
Firefly, Innovative Space Logistics sign launch agreement • Viasat nabs $90M IDIQ contract
Dutch launch broker Innovative Space Logistics and Firefly Aerospace signed a launch services agreement for launch opportunities on multiple Firefly Alpha missions starting this year.
French military shows interest in Stratobus • Emergency satcom gear deployed in Australia
Thales Alenia Space and its majority shareholder Thales Group have signed a study contract with the French defense procurement agency DGA
SSTL appoints new boss • InfoStellar adds Aussie ground stations to network
Phil Brownnett, currently the managing director of Airbus Defence and Space’s U.K. Geo Intelligence business, will take over as head of smallsat manufacturer SSTL Feb. 1.
Maxar finishes $291M property sale • Panasonic Avionics signs Eutelsat capacity contract
Maxar Technologies completed a $291 million property sale in Palo Alto, California.
Globalstar borrows $199M with EchoStar’s help • Measat buys Ariane 5 launch
Globalstar is borrowing $199 million through a loan arranged by its controlling shareholder Thermo and fleet operator EchoStar.
Isotropic, Avanti test antenna • Atlas Space to link Aevum launches • Globalstar, Nokia partner on African connectivity
Isotropic Systems has completed two-way communications tests of its electronically steered antenna using Avanti’s Hylas-4 satellite.
4.1 billion people online • Iridium completes $1.45 billion refinancing • SES exec to chair Space Data Association
An estimated 53.6% of the world’s population now has access to the internet, according to a new report from the International Telecommunication Union.
WRC-19 begins • Hiber buys green thrusters • Ariane 6 facility inaugurated in Germany
The 2019 World Radiocommunication Conference began this week in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. The satellite industry and the cellular industry are both hoping to gain new spectrum
Thales Alenia Space expanding Spanish factory • Telesat completes $500 million debt refinancing
Thales Alenia Space said Oct. 16 it will add 600 square meters of clean room space at its Tres Cantos, Madrid, facility to support the integration of telecom, navigation, Earth observation and science spacecraft.
