Chris Forrester is one of the most experienced and highly regarded journalists in the field. His insight and analysis, particularly in the satellite and pay-TV arena, is highly prized. He has written for all the major business journals in the sector as well as several national newspapers.
A report in the Luxembourg Times says that the SES board of directors have looked at how their senior staff are remunerated and that Adel Al-Salah, its CEO, could take €9.5 million in overall compensation. It would make Al-Saleh among Luxembourg’s best-paid managers. The maximum payout is comprised of a combination of three elements: Al-Saleh’s […]
BNP Paribas equity analyst Geoffrey D’Halluin has reiterated the firm’s opinion on satellite operator Eutelsat with a ’Neutral’ rating, although saying that the bank has “tweaked” its guidance and raised its price target from €2.1 per share to €2.7. BNP Paribas says that Eutelsat’s LEO revenues will grow by 50 per cent y-o-y. The bank […]
Sir Richard Branson’s space tourism business says it will resume its commercial sub-orbital flights later this year. Virgin Galactic said it remains on track, technically and financially, to start commercial flights of its next-generation suborbital spaceplane before the end of the year. Virgin Galactic says Q3 will see test flights re-start. The news came during […]
Industry rumours suggests that the long-awaited Initial Public Offering (IPO) from Elon Musk’s SpaceX will see a Prospectus published imminently, possibly as soon as May 20th. The news coincides with the new launch date for Musk’s giant Starship on May 20th and one day later than originally planned (and launch at 18.30pm Florida-time). This is […]
The negotiations which should have led to a decision (the Rendezvous-1/RDV-1 stage) are running late. These past few days have seen both SES and Eutelsat make comments on the discussions. They are the key players in the SpaceRISE consortium (along with Hispasat) and responsible for the scheme. The industry was expecting a decision by April […]
AST SpaceMobile has received fresh examinations and upgrades from a number of investment banks. While the company’s Q1 results missed consensus on timing around ground station shipments and government revenue recognition, AST said it believes that its satellite launch schedule matters more than the quarter’s performance. For example, Roth Capital says that while some timing […]
SpaceX’s giant Starship will probably launch next week, possibly on May 19. SpaceX, in a statement, said that while the primary objective is a successful launch, stage separation and landing in the Gulf of America. But the massive rocket will also carry a few surprises. The first is that this significantly redesigned vehicle’s Upper Stage […]
Critics of AST SpaceMobile are suggesting that previous launch promises are again slipping. AST now says that its next batch of three satellites (BlueBirds 8,9, 10) will launch mid-June on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. “Vertical integration reaching scale with BlueBird 11 through BlueBird 33 in advanced stages of production and assembly,” said the satellite […]
On April 30th an Arianespace 64 rocket delivered 32 satellites for Amazon Leo’s mega-constellation. All 32 satellites were deployed over 12 separation events lasting roughly 25 minutes in total and thus helping put the satellites into ideal orbital positions between 450 and 470 kms altitude. That is too high, says SpaceX’s Starlink. The launch provided […]
Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries is reportedly examining a multi-billion dollar entry into low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communications through Jio Platforms, India’s Economic Times has reported, citing people with knowledge of internal discussions. The plan includes building satellites, payloads, launch vehicles, and user terminals, while Reliance simultaneously holds talks with Indian government bodies over securing […]
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