Author: Helen Jameson

SpaceX Eyes July for Iridium-7 Launch
SpaceX has confirmed that the seventh Iridium Next mission has been slated to take place on July 20 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The Falcon 9 rocket will...
Launch
A Falcon 9 rocket launches the SES 10 satellite on March 30, 2017. Photo: SpaceX.
Swarm Looks for FCC Approval for Further Launches
Swarm Technologies, the start-up that launched four satellites illegally in January, has filed a new application to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to gain permission to launch a further three...
Launch
ISRO's PSLV lifts off for its first mission of 2018 on Jan. 12. Photo: ISRO.
Smallsats Face a Lack of Rides to Space
As the panel on “New Launch Options to Orbit Part 1” ensued, moderator, Kendall Russell, assistant editor for Via Satellite, noted the huge growth that the smallsat sector has recently...
Finance
"New Launch Options to Orbit Part 1: Ridesharing and Small Satellite Launch Specialists" panel at SATELLITE 2018.
The Trials and Tribulations of HTS Finance
The satellite industry is going through unprecedented times and this is being reflected in the risks that the investment community are prepared to take on new services and constellations. On...
Finance
Grant Barber, CFO, Hughes; Joshua Marks, Executive Vice President, Aviation Connectivity, Global Eagle Entertainment; Chris Quilty, President, Quilty Analytics; Mark Rigolle, CEO, LeoSat Enterprises.
Can MENA Do NewSpace?
The interest in the NewSpace movement has been gaining momentum all over the world and the MENA region is no exception. With talk of space ranging from enabling emerging nations to enhance their communications infrastructure to missions to Mars, this is a fertile region for NewSpace, with varying ambitions from country to country.
Technology
Photo: Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC).
Can MENA Do NewSpace?
It first might help to put some sort of a definition on NewSpace. This is not an easy thing to do as it involves so many different threads. NewSpace could have a plethora of meanings from the delivery of very
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