News Analysis

Baikonour Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, October 10,  2019--On October 9, 2019, at 10:17:56 the Proton-M carrier rocket with Briz-M booster together with Eutelsat 5 West B and Mission Extension Vehicle-1 satellites successfully launched from launchpad No.39 pad No.200 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

London, UK, October  8, 2019--Arqiva Group Limited, the leading UK communications infrastructure company, today announces that it has reached an agreement with Cellnex for the sale of its telecoms infrastructure and related assets at an enterprise value of £2.0bn.

New York, NY, October 8, 2019--Boeing [NYSE: BA] is investing US$ 20 million in Virgin Galactic, a vertically integrated human spaceflight company. The companies will work together to broaden commercial space access and transform global travel technologies.

The October 2019 issue of  the Satellite Executive Briefing magazine  sponsored by Spacebridge is now available.  Featuring:

The Need for Flexibility by Elisabeth Tweedie

Executive Roundtable: The Latin American Broadband Satellite Market by Bernardo Schneiderman

GVF C21 Agenda by Martin Jarrold

Executive Spotlight: Interview with Fabien Jordan, CEO-Astrocast

Where Teleport Operators Pioneered, Satellite Operators Follow by Robert Bell

Featured Event: Africacom 2019

PLUS Mergers and Acquisitions, Executive Moves, Market Briefs, Vital Statistics, Satellite Markets 20 Stock Index and many more. Click here to read or download the file

Dakar, Senegal, October 3, 2019 – ND SATCOM, the premier supplier of and integrator for innovative satellite communication systems and solutions, announced today the acquisition of TECNA located in Dakar, Senegal. This important strategic move will further enhance outreach and interaction between the company and its customers, partners and the leading communication companies in the West Africa region.TECNA Suarl has been renamed ND SatCom SENEGAL.

by Robert Bell

New York City, October 1, 2019--Long, long ago, when commercial teleport companies were a new thing, they had a terrific business model that offered access to the satellite network.  They leased transponder capacity long-term, sliced and diced it up and served it out to customers – initially for broadcast TV and then for a gradually expanding set of applications from corporate data networks to the internet.  Margins were good and the market was in growth mode.

Singapore, October 1, 2019 – Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (ST Engineering) announced that further to its announcement made on 27 March 2019, its subsidiary Singapore Technologies Engineering (Europe) Ltd has today completed the acquisition of a 100% ownership in Newtec Group NV (Newtec) following the fulfilment of completion conditions, including the receipt of applicable regulatory approvals.

by Elisabeth Tweedie, Associate Editor

London, UK, October 1, 2019--The recurring themes running through the three European Conferences (World Satellite Business Week in Paris, IBC in Amsterdam and VSAT and Next Generation Satellite Applications in London) durig the month of September, were the need for flexibility and the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) constellations.

Canberra, Australia, October 1, 2019--Electro Optic Systems (ASX: EOS) has agreed to acquire space communications company EM Solutions Pty Limited (EMS), an Australian technology company in the field of microwave satellite communications.EMS will form part of EOS Communication Systems.