During February, American launch services provider Spaceflight Inc. – part of Spaceflight Industries Inc – announced that it would be sold to a pair of Japanese companies. The companies buying Spaceflight are; Mitsui & Co., Ltd, and Yamasa Co., Ltd....
The now fully “domesticated” American company Maxar Technologies inc. is to sell its legacy Canadian, business MDA (MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates, Ltd.). This is following an announcement made at the end of 2019. The intended recipients of the...
Having acquired the start-up Helios Wire low Earth orbit “Internet of Things” (IoT) constellation outfit, satellite operator EchoStar has ordered two S-band test IoT communications satellites from CubeSat manufacturer Tyvak. The acquisition of Helios Wire...
LeoSat Enterprises, a new space company based in the USA, has reportedly had to suspend operations after failing to raise enough interest in its US$50 million Series A round of funding. LeoSat was planning to launch a 100-strong constellation of interconnected,...
Fixed Satellite Services (FSS) operator Eutelsat S.A. has begun to implement its cost-saving “LEAP 2” programme, which was announced in July. The update came in the company’s Q1 earnings report for 2019-20. The previous LEAP programme, conducted over last three years,...
In a vote on 23 October, shareholders of SCH (Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp.) approved its merger with upcoming space tourism firm Virgin Galactic. Following the completion of the transaction, Virgin Galactic became a Delaware-based publicly traded company...
