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On April 2nd 2025, Intersputnik International Organization of Satellite Communications in partnership with Satellite Market and Research, a California-based publishing firm and online portal specializing in the global satellite industry, will hold an international online conference NatSatTel 2025 focusing on the theme of “Key Trends and Opportunities in the Global Satellite Industry”.
The NAB Broadcast Engineering and IT (BEIT) Conference, part of NAB Show taking place April 5-9 (Exhibits April 6-9) in Las Vegas, Nevada, is blasting off with a keynote session that’s literally out of this world! Conference attendees will engage in a live 4K UHD conversation with NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station, showcasing new live UHD switching and routing capability at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
The March 2025 issue of the Satellite Executive Briefing is now available. Featuring:
Key Satellite Technologies to Watch by Bruce Elbert
Ad Astra to the Quiet Man by Lou Zacharilla
Company Spotlight: Spacebridge
PTC 2025 Highlight Key Issues for the Satellite Industry
Better Satellite World: Satelltie and the Art of War
Plus Mergers and Acquisitions, Market Trends, Executive Moves, Vital Stats and many more. Click here to read or download the file
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ: CMTL) today reported financial results for its second quarter ended January 31, 2025. the company reported an operating loss of US$ 10.3 million, net loss of US$ 48.7 million and Adjusted EBITDA (a Non-GAAP measure) of US $2.9 million
LaunchRocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (today announced it has entered into a non-binding term sheet with certain lenders to acquire, subject to receipt of certain governmental approvals, a controlling equity position in Mynaric AG, a provider of laser optical communications terminals for air, space, and mobile applications. The transaction is expected to close following the completion of Mynaric’s previously announced and pending StaRUG restructuring proceedings under German law, the completion of which would result in certain outstanding debt held by the lenders converting into 100% of the equity of Mynaric subject to receipt of applicable regulatory approvals.
Intersputnik became a silver sponsor of the Global Youth Summit 2025 (GYS-25), one of the most important events of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) aiming to increase the role and image of young employees in the ICT industry.
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ: CMTL) today announced an amendment to its senior secured credit agreement that cures the covenant breaches as of January 31, 2025, that the company had disclosed it anticipated in its earnings release, 10Q and conference call on January 13, 2025. The agreement also provides for improved financial flexibility with the suspension of the fixed charge coverage ratio and the net leverage ratio covenants in the senior secured credit agreement such that the next test will be for the quarter ending on October 31, 2025. Furthermore, the agreement reduces the interest rate on the senior secured loans.
I am going to make the case that technology, in a word, is the key to seeing how satellites will continue to address worldly needs and at the same time guarantee their future. We can look back to a different word in the 1967 movie, The Graduate, when the male star is advised by an elder:
The South China Sea is a triangle of ocean bordered by Vietnam, the Philippines, Taiwan, Indonesia – and China. In 1988, strange things started happening there. China’s Navy fired on three Vietnamese vessels, sinking them and killing 74 sailors. The dispute was over China’s claim to a group of mostly uninhabited islands far beyond its territorial waters.
Satelltie operator Ovzon released its year-end results for the period January–December 2024. Revenues for the period was Swedish Kroner 107 million (approximately US$ 10.4 million) resulting in operating loss of Swedish Kroner 18 million (approx. US$ 1.69 million). Highlights of the results are as follows (all amounts ar MSEK--Million Swedish Kroner):