by Matt Wilson | May 14, 2019 | Finance, Seradata News
On 10 May 2019, a majority of Inmarsat plc shareholders – 77 per cent – agreed to the purchase of “… the entire issued and to be issued ordinary share capital…” of the company by a private consortium, Connect Bidco Limited (Bidco),...
by Matt Wilson | May 9, 2019 | Launches, Satellites, Seradata News, SpaceX
At the GEO Launch Services panel during the SATELLITE 2019 conference, SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell, announced that SpaceX would be conducting their first Starlink launch on the 15 May 2019. Shotwell wouldn’t give the exact number for the amount of...
by Matt Wilson | May 9, 2019 | commercial launch services, Finance, Seradata News
Having finally received the fixed number of “institutional launches” that the company needed, Arianespace have officially placed an order for the first 14 series-production units of their next-generation launcher, Ariane 6, on 6 May. This follows an ESA...
by Matt Wilson | May 7, 2019 | Satellites, Seradata News, Technology
At the OneWeb keynote session during SATELLITE 2019, OneWeb CEO Adrian Steckel, accompanied by SoftBank Managing Director Alex Clavel, gave insight into the coming year from a OneWeb point-of-view. Following the success of the their first test launch in which an...
by Matt Wilson | May 6, 2019 | Satellites, Seradata News
Announced during the SATELLITE 2019 show in Washington D.C. on 6 May 2019, the award of a dual satellite contract from Spanish government satellite operator, Hisdesat S.A. The contract is for follow-on units to the SPAINSAT and XTAR-EUR satellites called SPAINSAT NG 1...
