The Australian company, Sky and Space Global (SAS), reported its entry into “voluntary administration” on 7 April 2020. This status is broadly equivalent to the “Chapter 11” bankruptcy protection arrangement in the USA, which fellow low Earth Orbit (LEO)...
IoT start-up Myriota Pty Ltd. of Australia, has entered into a deal with Canadian company, exactEarth Ltd. for the sale of four in-orbit satellites. This transaction is pending approval from Canadian authorities. The deal will see Myriota pay exactEarth, CAD$150,000...
OneWeb LLC, a major player in the nascent LEO (Low Earth Orbit) satellite communications market, put itself into Chapter 11 bankruptcy in a New York court on 27 March 2020. It follows failure to negotiate additional funding, which was partly blamed on the “market...
HawkEye 360 was represented at SATELLITE 2020 by their Americas Sales Executive, Richard Holmquist. He was on the Hybrid Satellite-Based Solutions for the Maritime Market panel, talking about the niche that HawkEye is carving out for itself. HawkEye 360 is providing a...
The reduced-scope Tuesday opening session at SATELLITE 2020, saw the Presidents / CEOs of SES and EchoStar – Hughes speak alongside the Deputy CEO of Eutelsat. The session revealed some of the worries satellite operators may have about ordering a launch from...
Airbus Defence and Space (Airbus DS) have confirmed that job cuts will be taking place. This was suspected following announcements of “restructuring” made in December 2019. The Defence and Space part of the Airbus group will see 2,350 jobs lost, spread...
