09 October 2019
The first satellite servicing spacecraft launches successfully
... for one purpose - to give ageing spacecraft a new lease of life. The satellite in question is the Mission Extension Vehicle, or MEV 1, and it is the industry’s first commercial servicing mission. Its target is a 18-year-old Intelsat communications...
01 March 2021
Turkey to build a rocket launch site in Somalia to support Moon 2023 landing
... says MME. Turkey is also planning to make headway in the satellite industry by developing its own new-generation satellites to end dependence on foreign systems. Satellite production activities will be conducted under a single authority coordinated...
31 May 2016
ABS put up for sale by Permira
... next fiscal year, the video part of our business is going to be about 45 percent of our total.” Choi said satellite industry officials have become overly focused on high-throughput capacity and data-centric low-orbiting...
March 2016
Mining outer space may be cool but is it legal?
... be subject to ownership if they are removed from that celestial body. It is also possible to ‘own’ places in space. The Satellite Industry Association (SIA) has estimated that in 2013 (the last data collected), the total global...
17 July 2017
New company seeks to shake-up satellite launch industry
There is a new kid in town with plans to shake up the satellite industry, but so far the company in question – Relativity – has kept tight-lipped about how this will be achieved. ...
12 November 2018
"Its Business Time" for Rocket Lab's first commercial flight
... founder and chief executive Peter Beck, speaking of the triumphant launch. “We’re thrilled to be leading the small satellite launch industry by reaching orbit a second time and deploying more payloads.” After blasting off from the company's New...
