Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL), the small satellite construction arm of Airbus DS, was formally awarded the construction contract for the UrtheDaily constellation of eight earth imaging satellites on November 14. It had been the designated constructor...
Tom Choi, who has been CEO of private, Fixed Service Satellite (FSS) operator, ABS – Asia Broadcast Satellite since its founding in 2006, has announced he will be stepping down from the CEO position. Company Chairman, Jim Frownelter, will be assuming the post of...
On the 5th October, 2017 MDA Corp announced the successful conclusion of its US$2.4 billion purchase of American Earth imaging company DigitalGlobe Inc. However, this was not the only news released by MDA. They also announced the creation of a new US-company, Maxar...
Northrop Grumman Corporation, the US defence and aerospace company, is acquiring Orbital ATK (OATK) for US$9.2 billion. The completion of the deal will see OATK established as the fourth major Northrop Grumman business unit alongside Aerospace Systems, Mission Systems...
Intelsat have released a statement indicating that they expect OneWeb (WorldVu Satellites) and SoftBank (SoftBank Group Corp) to exercise their “get-out” clauses concerning the Combination Agreement – merger agreement – which would have seen...
Eutelsat Communications S.A. announced on 19 May, that they had reached an agreement with Hispasat S.A majority shareholder, Abertis Group, for the sale of Eutelsat’s 33.69% stake in Hispasat. The deal has been valued at EUR€302 million, and is expected to take...
