It goes without saying that most of the industry’s regional satellite operators are too small to field their own large LEO or MEO constellations, yet all feel the pressure to expand beyond purely GEO-based connectivity.

At least six commercial space station efforts are under way to replace the International Space Station by 2031.

If the big fear among satellite services providers is Starlink capsizing their traditional business models, one such business model is taking on water.

Companies are often coy about when they want to do acquisitions, but not Rocket Lab.

Since at least 2018, China has had two or more purported LEO constellations in the works.

OneWeb, now part of Eutelsat, is 12 years old, but is still paying for a common startup mistake: forgetting the ground segment.

Heavy equipment OEMs, including Caterpillar, Komatsu, and Hitachi, were some of the earliest adopters of satellite IoT services. Remote locations.

Amid all the new entries into LEO small satellite manufacturing, there has been one prominent legacy manufacturer that seemed focused on chasing other dreams. 

For two years, space startups and other high-tech, early-stage companies sought mergers with Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) as a quick way to amass the equivalent of three to four traditional capital raises.

The Qatar Satellite Company, Es’hailSat, just announced an expanded agreement with Viasat Energy Services for VSAT connectivity across the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region.

n 2018, Swedish network operator Ovzon ordered one of the first small GEO satellites (1,000-2,000kg), expecting a typical three years to build and launch.

t might not come as a surprise that 70%¹ of all maiden orbital launch attempts have been a total bust.

The past year has been a roller-coaster ride in the financial markets and an unusual one for transaction activity.

On Dec. 12, news of the FCC’s final decision to reject Starlink’s appeal to qualify for $886M in federal subsidies to connect rural and unserved communities caused an uproar within the space sector and sparked heated political debate.

After declaring 100% success of all priority systems and subsystems aboard Project Kuiper’s first two prototypes launched Oct. 6, Amazon just dropped the mic.

Baffled by the labels on the Bloomberg chart above? Don’t worry. You are among the 99.9%¹ of people in the world who don’t operate in the world of high finance.

Barring any late-stage contracts, 2023 will conclude with 12 commercial GEO satellite orders, seven of which were micro GEOs (>1,000 kg).  

Three years since entering service, SpaceX’s Starlink internet is now available in 80 markets*, according to a Dec. 1 FCC filing.