Satellite News

The Boeing Company reported financial results for the fourth quarter and the year 2015.

DigitalGlobe, Inc. announced its third customer commitment for direct access capacity on the WorldView-4 (aka GeoEye-2) satellite, which is expected to begin commercial operations in early 2017 following its launch in September 2016.

The number of satellites in the Russian orbital constellation in 2025 will reach 70 instead of previously planned 95 spacecraft, according to the draft federal space programme for 2016-2025 prepared by the Russian state space corporation, Roskosmos.

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released its commercial space policy, which sets a broad framework for use of commercial space-based approaches for the agency.

Kymeta Corporation announced it has closed a US$62 million Series D financing. The funds will support the company’s ongoing efforts to build innovative, smart antennas that will bring high-speed and high-bandwidth satellite connectivity to anything that moves.

Roskosmos will cut spending on servicing the International Space Station (ISS) in 2016-2025 by almost RUB30 billion [US$394 million], the Izvestiya daily reported.

Sea Launch may return to the launch services market in the coming months, the company’s CEO Sergei Gugkayev was quoted as saying by TASS.

Airbus Group has signed a share purchase agreement with French private equity firm Apax Partners for the takeover of all of its commercial satellite communication business.