Satellite News

Arianespace shareholders voted unanimously to convert the launch operator and subsidiary of Airbus Safran Launchers to an SAS (simplified joint-stock company) at the company’s Annual General Meeting, held in Paris on 27 March.

UrtheCast Corp. announced that it will receive approximately C$17.6 million in funding from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada’s Industrial Technologies Office as part of its Strategic Aerospace & Defense Initiative (SADI) programme.

Orbital ATK, Inc. announced preliminary unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ending 31 December 2016.

Eutelsat Communications and ViaSat Inc. have closed their partnering arrangement combining Eutelsat’s established European broadband business with ViaSat’s broadband technology know-how and Internet Service Provider (ISP) business expertise.

Sir Richard Branson and Virgin Galactic announced Virgin Orbit, a new commercial space company, and the appointment of Dan Hart as the first President of the newly created company. Virgin Orbit will offer launch services for small satellites via the LauncherOne system. Virgin Orbit’s activities were previously conducted as a division of Virgin Galactic.

Telesat announced its consolidated financial results for the three month and one year periods ending 31 December 2016.

Intelsat and OneWeb announced that they have entered into a definitive combination agreement pursuant to which Intelsat and OneWeb will merge in a share-for-share transaction. Intelsat and SoftBank Group Corp. (“SoftBank”) also entered into a definitive share purchase agreement pursuant to which SoftBank will invest US$1.7 billion in newly issued common and preferred shares of the combined company.

Intelsat S.A. announced financial results for the three months and full-year ending 31 December 2016.