by David Todd | May 26, 2015 | Seradata News, Space Insurance
While space insurers lick their wounds after claims totalling more that US$500 million were made in late April and May (the Mexsat-1 Proton launch failure, the Egyptsat 2 in-orbit loss, and the Soyuz launch damage-induced loss of Progress M-027M), insurers also had...
by David Todd | Jan 2, 2015 | China, exploration, Russia, SLS, Soyuz, Space Insurance, SpaceX, Technology, Virgin Galactic
2014 was an interesting space year in many ways. It had elements of great achievement, some notable failures, and confirmed some industry trends that are looking unstoppable. Record breaking year for number of launched payloads Driven mainly by commercial factors and...
by David Todd | Nov 19, 2014 | Satellites, Space Insurance
As reported by Space News, the Argentinian space operator, Arsat, has managed to have its Arsat-1 and Arsat-2 spacecraft insured, at least in part, by policies covering launch plus 15 years in orbit at the relatively low premium rates of being under 10%. These VERY...
by David Todd | Oct 29, 2014 | International Space Station, Launches, Space Insurance
A formal insurance claim for US$214 million has been made for the loss of a satellite telecommunications beam on the ABS-2 communications payload. The failure was first discovered in July when a Ku-band beam fault on spacecraft led to outage affecting its customers. ...
by David Todd | May 28, 2014 | Satellites, Space Insurance
While most of the conference attendees at the World Space Risk Forum in Dubai prefer to use science and statistical analysis over superstition when working out whether to take a financial risk or not, there is always a place for good luck. As such, this writer did...
by David Todd | May 21, 2014 | Add category, International Space Station, Satellites, Seradata News, Space Insurance
Introduction Held in Dubai every two years and organised by the underwriting agency Elseco, the World Space Risk Forum has now become the pre-eminent conference on space insurance. Space Insurers, brokers, satellite operators, manufacturers and launch providers along...
