Seradata understands that an insurance claim for US$175 million has been filed for ‘total loss’ – the SkyTerra-1 communications satellite after its 22 m diameter main mess antenna developed a fault. No details have been released by its owner Ligado...
The Chang’e 6 mission uses hardware originally designed for a reflight of first Chinese lunar smaple return misison, Chang’e 5 lest that failed. In the event Chang’e 5 sample return mission in November/December 2020 was a significant success leaving...
SES has made an agreed bid of US$3.1 billion in cash for rival satellite operator Intelsat. The deal, expected to close in the second half of 2025, will see two of the ‘Big Four’ fixed-satellite service (FSS) commercial satellite operators merge to form a mega GEO...
We’re keeping an eye on space news on the web so you don’t have to wade through it all. Here is our round-up of the most important, and interesting, space news stories of April (note that space orders is on another post): Future Human Spaceflight...