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.
November 7th saw satellite operator SES present its latest set of numbers. By and large the all-important analysts thought they were solid, and there was an initial uptick with share prices jumping from €3.50 to €3.81. But within a few hours that optimism had vanished and SES suffered the ignomany of falling to a 52-week […]
A report in Germany’s Handelsblatt newspaper says that Munich-based Rivada Space has not been paying salaries on time this year and has outstanding bills to at least four suppliers. The is said to not be the first time that there have been delays. The newspaper quotes a letter from CEO Declan Ganley, sent on June […]
One commentator called the award of the IRIS² contract to the SpaceRISE consortium comprising Eutelsat, SES and Hispasat and showing “a sign of life, at last, for Europe’s satellite internet” and adding that Europe’s nations did not want to remain “beholden to Starlink or other networks”. Those sentiments may be true, but hard-headed bankers such […]
Logos Space has filed an application with the FCC to build and launch 3,960 satellites to low Earth orbits between 860-925 kms and to operate in Ka, Q/V & E-bands. Logos Space Services Inc. was founded in 2024 by Milo Medin, a former Google VP/Access Services. It is proposing three phases of deployment: The first […]
Aerospace giant Airbus Defence & Space CEO Guillaume Faury told analysts that he would prefer to merge all of its Space Division with rival satellite specialist Thales Alenia Space’s similar activity. However, he added that if Europe’s anti-trust and political regulators found that difficult to approve, then Airbus would slice merger transactions into small pieces […]
Equity investment analyst Andres Coello from Scotiabank has issued an update for satellite operator AST SpaceMobile (AST) now that AST has successfully unfurled its five solar arrays. The bank’s view states: “Impressive execution should unlock cheaper credit and accelerate prepayments.” The bank was impressed and stated that the 23-day period from launch to unfurling the […]
There are reports out of Indonesia that its Nusantara Lima (N5) high-throughput satellite, due to be launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket this winter, could be delayed because of the break-up of Intelsat’s i-33e craft on October 21st. Boeing built the Intelsat satellite and the Indonesian craft has a near-identical specification and uses the […]
AST SpaceMobile has confirmed that each of their five BlueBird satellites launched by SpaceX in September have successfully unfurled their massive solar and transmission arrays. Each satellite carries 64 sq metres of array. AST is building follow-on satellites which are even larger in size and has ambitions to become a global connectivity supplier of satellite-to-cellular […]
The problems caused by the loss of Intelsat’s i33e craft on October 19th, which has now been declared a total loss, has highlighted the problems with other dangerous space junk. A report from Quartz says that there are now about 3,000 dead satellites littered across space, and some 34,000 piece of large space junk and […]
A research note from analysts at Bank of America says that Amazon could invest $16 billion (€14.8bn) to get its Project Kuiper satellite system up and running, with most of that going in rocket launch costs. Those launches, which were due to start during this fourth-quarter of 2024, will not now start until later in […]
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