by David Todd | Jan 31, 2019 | Satellites, Seradata News, Technology
SSL, the former Space Systems/Loral spacecraft construction company owned by Maxar, has decided to withdraw from its construction contract with Maxar spin-off Space Infrastructure Services LLC (SIS) to build the Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS)...
by David Todd | Jan 17, 2019 | Satellites
Maxar Technologies, the firm which was formerly known as MDA, that holds the Earth Observing firm Digitalglobe and the satellite manufacturer SSL (aka Space Systems Loral) as its main subsidiaries, has had its CEO Howard Lanch resign four months short of three years...
by David Todd | Dec 18, 2018 | Launches, Satellites, Seradata News, SpaceX
Having ordered a SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch for a satellite, start up satellite operator Ovzon has ordered a small GEO communications satellite called Ovzon 3. As it eyes giving a mobile broadband service to the Middle East and African region, Ovzon ordered the...
by David Todd | Sep 21, 2018 | Finance, Satellites, Seradata News
After internal Israeli political pressure over national strategic concerns forced the necessary funding, the new AMOS-8 communications satellite for the Israeli satellite operator Space Communication (Amos Spacecom) had its construction confirmed on 3 September as...
by Matt Wilson | Aug 2, 2018 | Satellites, Seradata News
On 30 July, Canadian FSS operator Telesat signed an design agreement with an industrial consortium made up of European manufacturer Thales Alenia Space and the American manufacturing of Maxar Technologies, SSL. These two companies have decided to pool resources to...
