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Space economy hits $385B in 2020, with commercial revenues over $310B
Jan 06, 2021 (SPX)
Commercial revenues of $315 billion in 2020 were down 2% from 2019's $319 billion evaluation, due partially to the Covid-19 pandemic affecting certain commercia...
Inmarsat confirms plans Global Xpress extension
Jan 05, 2021 (SPX)
Delivered through a geostationary satellite constellation, with each satellite offering coverage of one third of the planet, Inmarsat announced that the GX netw...
Record Year for FAA Commercial Space Activity
Jan 01, 2021 (SPX)
"This record-setting year in launches, and the new streamlined launch and reentry licensing regulations, bode well for continued rapid growth of America's comme...
Voyager Space Holdings to buy all of Nanoracks
Dec 24, 2020 (SPX)
As part of the transaction, Voyager will be infusing significant growth capital into the business to support the continued growth of Nanoracks utilization of th...
Lockheed Martin To Acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne
Dec 21, 2020 (SPX)
This represents a post-dividend equity value of $4.6 billion and a total transaction value of $4.4 billion including the assumption of net cash. As part of appr...
Russia lifts UK telecom satellites into orbit
Dec 18, 2020 (AFP)
The launch was the first and only one to take place from the cosmodrome this year, Roscosmos told AFP. The rocket took off at 1226 GMT, the space agency said, c...
Hughes selected by OneWeb for Ground system development and production under new $250 million contract
Dec 17, 2020 (SPX)
"This announcement of a continued technology partnership with OneWeb reflects our position as the trusted innovator in the industry," said Pradman Kaul, preside...
ESA and CNES sign contract to maintain and modernise Spaceport
Dec 17, 2020 (ESA)
At the ESA Council meeting on 16 December, a contract for the 'Maintenance of the Guiana Space Centre launch range in operational condition for the period 2020-...
Turksat 5A satellite to 'secure' Turkey's orbital rights
Dec 16, 2020 (Sputnik)
"Turksat 5A will secure the orbital rights of Turkey," Nasr told the agency. According to the Airbus official, the latest-generation satellite will have a lifes...
Advancing innovation and collaboration across the space enterprise
Dec 16, 2020 (SPX)
The Aerospace Corporation recently hosted the 5th Annual Innovation Summit, which brought together key technology executives from federally funded research and ...
Arianespace to launch next OneWeb batch from Vostochny Cosmodrome
Dec 15, 2020 (SPX)
The first six OneWeb satellites were successfully orbited by Arianespace on Soyuz Flight VS21 from French Guiana on February 27, 2019. On February 7, 2020, Aria...
Governments maintain firm financial commitment to space during 2020
Dec 15, 2020 (SPX)
With Covid-19 having no noticeable impact on government space budgets, the pandemic having occurred with budgets largely already decided, it remains however to ...
Merida Aerospace aims to simply disrupt delivery of space services
Dec 11, 2020 (SPX)
Merida Aerospace has brought a new perspective to the table for space services logistics: give clients all key services under one roof! Traditionally, specializ...
No pot of gold in commercial constellations
Dec 11, 2020 (SPX)
In comparison to the 260 yearly satellites launched in the previous decade, this skyrocketing number cements the structural changes occurring in the market and ...
China's in-orbit communication satellite delivered to customer
Dec 11, 2020 (XNA)
China Great Wall Industry Corporation, a commercial satellite launch company under the CASC, delivered the satellite to Shenzhen-based APT Mobile SatCom Limited...
NXTCOMM Appoints Management Team Members
Dec 10, 2020 (SPX)
David Kozlowski has been named Vice President of Aero Structures and Certification, with responsibility for overseeing installation, testing and certification o...
Agnikul Cosmos sign agreement with ISRO as an IN-SPACe Entity
Dec 10, 2020 (SPX)
Under the agreement, Agnikul will be able to work with various Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) centers to get access to technical information and faci...
Government funds UK companies at the forefront of space innovation
Dec 09, 2020 (SPX)
The cash injection is going to high-risk, high-reward projects that support companies and universities with radical ideas for how we tackle climate change throu...
NASA awards prizes to six startup companies in Entrepreneur's Challenge
Dec 09, 2020 (SPX)
NASA partnered with Starburst, the global aerospace hub, to jointly launch a pilot program to engage entrepreneurs. The challenge's purpose is to invite fresh i...
Germany blocks Chinese takeover of satellite tech company: report
Dec 03, 2020 (AFP)
Based in North Rhine-Westphalia state, the company called IMST is an acquisition target of Addsino, a subsidiary of state-owned defence group China Aerospace Sc...
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