by David Todd | Jul 14, 2017 | Satellites, Seradata News, Technology
SpaceIntelreport.com (Peter de Selding) reports that the Orbital ATK legal attempt to force the US Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to stop helping its rival SSL (Space Systems/Loral) with its in orbit servicing effort in the end came to nothing. This...
by David Todd | Jul 12, 2017 | Satellites, Seradata News
In a not unexpected move, given that both firms concerned will share a common owner (Canada’s MacDonald Detwiller and Associates Ltd (MDA) already owns SSL and is about to become owner of DigitalGlobe (assuming its resubmission of transaction paperwork to the...
by David Todd | Apr 25, 2016 | Satellites
After 20 years service and having greatly improved and expanded it, Daniel Friedmann is stepping down as CEO of MDA Corp, Canada’s main space firm which also owns US satellite manufacturer, SSL (formally Space Systems/Loral). For strategic and diplomatic...
by David Todd | Mar 10, 2016 | Satellites, Seradata News
Having ordered six spacecraft from SSL (Space Systems/Loral) in January, the Google owned satellite imaging firm, Skybox Imaging, has rebranded itself as Terra Bella. And the inspiration for this name? Well the firm is located on Terra Bella Avenue in Mountain View,...
by Tim Fuller | Mar 9, 2016 | exploration, Satellites, Technology
Speaking towards the end of the satellite manufacturers’ forum at Satellite 2016 in Washington D.C. in March, Paul Estey, VP Engineering, Manufacturing and Test Operations at California-based but Canadian-owned Space Systems/Loral, casually mentioned that the company...