Finance

Relativity Space Raises $35 Million in Series B Round
March 28, 2018
Relativity Space announced the close of its $35 million Series B financing, led by Playground Global with full participation from existing Series A investors Social Capital, Y Combinator Continuity, and Mark Cuban. The funding will be used to grow the company’s automated process for manufacturing and launching entire rockets from conception to production. This new...
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Relativity Space Raises $35 Million in Series B Round
Boeing Invests in Australian Nanosatellite Startup Myriota
March 27, 2018
Boeing’s HorizonX ventures arm has joined a $15 million funding round for Australian nanosatellite startup Myriota. Blue Sky Venture Capital and Main Sequence Ventures, both Australian firms, led the funding round. Myriota is developing secure two-way communications between ground-based micro-transmitters and nanosatellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). According to the Boeing, this platform enables applications...
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Boeing Invests in Australian Nanosatellite Startup Myriota
Spacecom Ditches IAI for New Satellite Build
March 26, 2018
Spacecom announced it has chosen SSL to build its Amos 8 communications satellite. The satellite will deliver broadcast, broadband and data services from Spacecom’s 4 degrees West hotspot to Europe, Africa and the Middle East. The contract marks the second time Spacecom has snubbed domestic manufacturer Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) in favor of a foreign...
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Spacecom Ditches IAI for New Satellite Build
Five Satellite Highlights from the FY2018 Omnibus Bill
March 26, 2018
After some hemming and hawing, President Donald Trump signed a $1.3 trillion spending bill on Friday that will fund most government functions through the end of September. While the bill satisfied some (not all) priorities for both Republicans and Democrats, two clear winners were NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which received...
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Five Satellite Highlights from the FY2018 Omnibus Bill
Interview: Cristi Damian, Advantech Wireless
March 26, 2018
Mark Holmes, Group Content Director for Via Satellite, sits down with Cristi Damian, VP of Business Development for Advantech Wireless. Advantech Wireless is the leading wireless broadband communications solution provider for Commercial, Critical Infrastructure & Government and Military clients. Visit www.advantechwireless.com for more information.
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Interview: Cristi Damian, Advantech Wireless
Interview: Sherry Petrakis, Carlisle Interconnect Technologies
March 26, 2018
Mark Holmes of Via Satellite sits down with Sherry Petrakis, Sales Director of Carlisle Interconnect Technologies (IT). CarlisleIT designs, builds, tests, certifies and delivers comprehensive, high-performance interconnect solutions created to elevate the business performance They partner with customers in Aerospace, Military, Space, Test and Measurement, Industrial and Medical Technology markets, providing virtually limitless solutions including...
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Interview: Sherry Petrakis, Carlisle Interconnect Technologies
Interview: Paul Scardino, Globecomm
March 26, 2018
Mark Holmes of Via Satellite sits down to interview Paul Scardino, Senior VP of Globecomm. Globecomm provides reliable, secure, and smarter connectivity solutions for all satellite communication needs no matter how remote, challenging or hazardous. To learn more, visit www.globecomm.com.
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Interview: Paul Scardino, Globecomm
Kuang-Chi, NanoRacks Partner On Suborbital Helium Spacecraft
March 22, 2018
Kuang-Chi Science and NanoRacks announced a partnership to cooperate on Kuang-Chi’s near-space helium spacecraft, the Traveler. The partnership will focus on the development of the Traveler program outside of China, leveraging Kuang-Chi’s near-space technology and NanoRacks’ experience in both in-space business development and customer marketing. Kuang-Chi’s Traveler is a platform that offers access to suborbital...
Finance
Kuang-Chi, NanoRacks Partner On Suborbital Helium Spacecraft
Quilty Analytics Expands Satellite Staff and Services
March 20, 2018
Quilty Analytics announced a partnership with veteran investment bankers to provide an expanded range of financial and strategic advisory services to industry stakeholders. Lee Priest and Justin Cadman will partner with Quilty Analytics founder Chris Quilty to oversee growth and expansion, complementing the existing Quilty Analytics research and consulting platform with investment banking services for...
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Quilty Analytics Expands Satellite Staff and Services
Global Marine Networks to Bring Iridium Certus to Remote Areas
March 20, 2018
Iridium Communications has announced mobile satellite solutions provider Global Marine Networks as a launch partner for Iridium’s next-generation satellite constellation, Iridium Next, set to bring metropolitan mobile data capabilities to isolated locations across the country. Iridium Certus will provide high-speed mobile data coverage across the entire Earth, connecting oceans, deserts, airways and polar regions. Using...
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Global Marine Networks to Bring Iridium Certus to Remote Areas