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  • Monday, 1 March, 2021
    LexSpace industry
    Rocket Lab/Spire Global: Spacs, the final frontier Premium

    Space companies are a moonshot borne aloft by the rocket fuel of cheap money

  • Wednesday, 24 February, 2021
    Inmarsat PLC
    Inmarsat appoints former Nokia boss as chief

    Veteran telecoms executive and dealmaker Rajeev Suri to take reins at satellite group next month

  • Wednesday, 17 February, 2021
    LexEutelsat SA
    Eutelsat: underperforming flying object Premium

    A dependence on satellite broadcasting revenues has become a weakness as streaming proliferates

  • Friday, 15 January, 2021
    Oneweb Global Ltd
    SoftBank takes new $350m stake in OneWeb

    Investment comes after Japanese company forced satellite group into bankruptcy last year

  • Friday, 18 December, 2020
    Oneweb Global Ltd
    OneWeb set to raise $400m as satellites launched into orbit

    Executive chairman expects to complete first fundraising since rescue within weeks

  • Friday, 20 November, 2020
    Space industry
    UK joins with Bharti to take control of failed space start-up OneWeb

    Goal will be to launch global commercial internet service focusing on remote areas by 2022

  • Tuesday, 17 November, 2020
    Military technology
    Wars of the future may be won or lost in space, says head of RAF

    UK has to be ready to protect and defend critical national interests in orbit, warns military chief

  • Wednesday, 4 November, 2020
    News in-depthSpace industry
    Europe’s Arianespace struggles for relevance in SpaceX era

    Delay to Ariane 6 rocket adds to satellite launcher’s challenges in an upended market

  • Monday, 7 September, 2020
    Space industry
    Germany joins space race as Munich start-up begins rocket production

    Isar Aerospace bets on boom in small satellites and aims for launch by end of 2021

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  • Wednesday, 2 September, 2020
    US politics & policy
    US military officials eye new generation of space weapons

    Pentagon planners worry about China’s extraterrestrial advances — including its version of GPS

  • Tuesday, 28 July, 2020
    Climate change
    Satellite technology employed to track huge methane plumes

    Identifying major leaks of powerful greenhouse gas could aid fight against climate change

  • Monday, 27 July, 2020
    Space entrepreneur Charlie Ergen invests in UK government-backed OneWeb

    Billionaire businessman to invest $50m in failed satellite broadband company

  • Thursday, 23 July, 2020
    Military technology
    US accuses Russia of testing new space-based weapon

    Former cold war rivals could be extending their conflict into a new theatre

  • Friday, 10 July, 2020
    Space industry
    UK-Bharti bid for OneWeb gets green light from US court

    Decision bolsters Britain’s ambitions to be at forefront of space technology

  • Friday, 3 July, 2020
    UK to enter satellite race after winning bid for OneWeb

    British government’s joint venture with Bharti will compete with Elon Musk’s Starlink

  • Thursday, 2 July, 2020
    Space industry
    UK gamble on OneWeb signals more interventionist space policy

    Controversial bid for failed satellite provider exposes rifts as UK scales back alternative to Galileo

  • Wednesday, 1 July, 2020
    Special Report
    AI & Robotics

    Recyclers turn to AI-powered robots to counter China’s plastic import ban; historians harness machine learning to solve ancient puzzles; and farmers pick high-tech robotics to help bring in the harvest

  • Tuesday, 30 June, 2020
    LexSpace industry
    Satellites/OneWeb: space jam Premium

    UK spies an opportunity but communications company’s technology is still a work in progress

  • Monday, 29 June, 2020
    Space industry
    Bharti Enterprises emerges as key investor in UK’s OneWeb bid

    Government said to expect golden share in project, giving it say over any future sale and over access to platform

  • Thursday, 25 June, 2020
    Space industry
    UK ready to invest millions to back OneWeb bid

    Move comes as government explores options for global navigation system

  • Friday, 19 June, 2020
    Space industry
    UK scales back plans for £5bn rival to Galileo satellite system

    Work under way to see if much cheaper navigation platform via struggling OneWeb is feasible

  • Tuesday, 9 June, 2020
    Planet Labs to expand earth imaging as rocket-launch costs fall

    Start-up will piggyback on SpaceX launches to put more high-resolution photography satellites in orbit

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    Space economy: rocket fuel Premium

    The cost of getting into orbit are going down while the profit potential is going up

  • Saturday, 28 March, 2020
    SoftBank Group Corp
    OneWeb collapses after SoftBank funding talks fall through

    Start-up that wanted to beam broadband internet from space had raised $3bn from investors 

  • Tuesday, 18 February, 2020
    Hedge funds
    Tepper joins throng of hedge fund managers in Intelsat

    Veteran trader urges the satellite operator to fight US regulator’s 5G spectrum plan

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