Space Law & Treaties
The 200,000-Satellite Filing: When Commercial Loopholes Become State Weapons
By Evan Grey, Legal Contributor, SatNews The primary battleground for space supremacy has shifted. While the world watches the launchpads, the decisive contest is unfolding inside the filing processes of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). In the final week of ...
Forrester’s Digest: SES set to win Intelsat C-band claim
By Chris Forrester SES has won a significant step in its long-running action against Intelsat over how the FCC’s compensation for C-band is apportioned. A Delaware Appeal Court has reversed the decision made by Intelsat’s bankruptcy court which ruled out ...
RUAG Space Is Now Beyond Gravity
As of May 1, RUAG Space is legally renamed Beyond Gravity and the company has been operating under the Beyond Gravity brand since March 15. Space supplier Beyond Gravity, based in Zurich, Switzerland, becomes the legal successor to RUAG Space ...
Momentus Legal Appeal
Law360 (February 15, 2022, 6:25 PM EST) -- Special purpose acquisition company Stable Road Acquisition Corp. and commercial space business Momentus Inc. have asked a California federal court to let them out of a proposed investor class action, arguing the ...
Aerojet Rocketdyne Leadership Shake up
Law360 (February 11, 2022, 10:29 PM EST) -- Tensions within Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings Inc.'s leadership erupted in Delaware's Chancery Court on Friday when Aerojet and its CEO sued to oust the executive chairman, whom Aerojet says is undermining its disputed ...
A ‘No Go’ Acquisition — Lockheed Martin Terminates Their Aerojet Rocketdyne Agreement
Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE: LMT) has terminated their agreement to acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AJRD). The decision to terminate the agreement follows the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) lawsuit filed late last month seeking a preliminary injunction to ...
FCC Blocks Lockheed Martin’s Acquisition Of Aerojet Rocketdyne
The Federal Trade Commission has sued to block Lockheed Martin Corporation’s $4.4 billion proposed vertical acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings Inc., the last, independent, U.S. supplier of missile propulsion systems. Aerojet supplies advanced power, propulsion, and armament systems, which are ...
Forrester’s Digest: French Space Force / An SES Rebuttal / Appear’s DSNG Solution
Two years ago, French president Emmanuel Macron said he would create a Space Force. On October 12th, he backed up his promise with a 30 billion euros commitment for investment in France’s high-tech sectors. “We want to have Elon Musks ...
Forrester’s Digest: Intelsat Publishes Investor Warnings…
Intelsat has used the New York Times and Wall Street Journal to publish warnings to investors of an upcoming court hearing to consider confirmation of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy reconstruction. The notice reminds investors that on September 7th, Intelsat’s bankruptcy ...
Forrester’s Digest: Intelsat Receives Support Of Some Of The Firm’s Major Debt Holders
Intelsat has told its Chapter 11 bankruptcy court that it has achieved the support of some of its major debt holders. Intelsat says that it could lead to a “comprehensive” financial restructuring that would reduce the operator’s debt by more ...
Extra Bharti Cash Fully Funds OneWeb + Insider Trading Allegations Class Action Against Certain Intelsat Shareholders Heading To Court In July
Bharti Global has invested an extra $500 million (€420.5 million) into satellite constellation OneWeb and that means the business is now fully funded at $2.4 billion. Bharti's influx of extra cash means that the company now owns 38.6 percent of ...
The SES Versus Intelsat Trial Has An October Deadline
June 4th saw a joint agreement from lawyers to Intelsat’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy court saying that they have provisionally set the date for the two-week trial between SES and Intelsat to start “no later than October 30th.” Judge Keith Phillips ...
Intelsat’s Subsidiaries + Sister Companies At The Root Of Bankruptcy Court Headaches
Intelsat has dozens of inter-related subsidiary and sister companies. These associated business are creating significant headaches for its bankruptcy court, Intelsat’s many debtors and arch-rival SES. SES, and some bond holders, are arguing that Intelsat is deliberately using these sister ...
SES Selects SpaceX To Launch The Four, Freshly-Ordered, O3b mPOWER Satellites
SES has selected SpaceX as a launch partner to deliver the four, newly-ordered, O3b mPOWER spacecraft of the company's next-generation Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) communications system. Just like the initial seven O3b mPOWER satellites procured, these additional four satellites will ...
Horizon Technologies Receives U.S. Patent For SIGINT Tech
Horizon Technologies, a global provider of airborne Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) products for NATO and Allied governmental end-users, has been issued a patent (US 10,727,932 B2) by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). This patent covers Horizon Technologies’ fundamental ...
SES Americom + Inmarsat Want Payments
Image is courtesy of Dmitry Demidko On July 15th, it was reported that SES Americom was arguing with Intelsat’s bankruptcy court that Intelsat should pay $1.8 billion to SES because of a “contract violation” over the pair’s C-band Alliance (CBA) ...
UK’s OneWeb Interests, SpaceX Launch Slippage + Intelsat-ITSO Dispute
However, there’s significant criticism of the move with various experts saying that OneWeb’s satellites – even with modifications – ...