Satcoms

Following the retirement of David Pollack on 1 January 2020, Israel’s Spacecom has announced the appointment of Itzhak Shnaiberg as the company’s interim chief executive officer.

AzerCosmos, the Azerbaijani satellite operator, reported revenues of U.S.$40.6 million for the period of January to November 2019, a 69 percent increase over the same period in 2018, when the company generated revenues of just U.S.$25.6 million.

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) will develop and build Israel’s national communication satellite, the "Dror 1."

Isar Aerospace, part of the German New Space ecosystem, announced the successful closing of a 17 Million US Dollar Round A funding in December 2019 (as reported by SpaceWatch.Global - LINK). SpaceWatch.Global's COO Torsten Kriening had a chance to speak with Daniel Metzler, Co-Founder and CEO of Isar Aerospace shortly after the announcement.

These personal reviews are being published during the holiday season. This is Carla Sharpe of South African Radio Astronomy Observatory.

Azercosmos, Turkey's leading digital broadcasting platform Digiturk, and mobile phone operator Vodafone signed cooperation agreements on 27 December 2019.

These personal reviews are being published during the holiday season. This is Ksenia Synkova of SpaceWatch.Global.

Maxar Technologies, a trusted partner and innovator in Earth Intelligence and Space Infrastructure, announced on 30 December 2019 that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell MDA to a consortium of financial sponsors led by Northern Private Capital (NPC), for CAD$1 billion (U.S.$765 million), subject to customary adjustments.

Azercosmos signed an agreement with the digital satellite services provider Azam TV on 24 December 2019 for the provision of Digital Terrestrial Transmission (DTT) services to the country of Tanzania.

Thuraya Telecommunications Company - a subsidiary of the Al Yah Satellite Communications Company, Yahsat, has announced it has signed a Service Partner agreement with Rockville Technologies, one of the leading system integrators and Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) solution providers in Pakistan.