https://spacewatch.global/tag/facebook/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Tue, 07 Jan 2020 06:00:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/facebook/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2020/01/israels-spacecom-appoints-itzhak-shnaiberg-as-interim-ceo/ Tue, 07 Jan 2020 06:00:20 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18432 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.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/11/david-pollack-to-step-down-as-ceo-from-israels-spacecom/ Thu, 07 Nov 2019 06:00:52 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=16847 David Pollack, the long-serving Chief Executive Officer of Israeli satellite communications company Spacecom, is to step down after 24 years with the company.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/09/spacewatchgl-oped-haps-a-future-complement-to-satellite/ Sun, 16 Sep 2018 08:00:55 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10413 The satellite industry has long been renowned for its unique ability to deliver connectivity to remote regions of the world, making communications accessible where they previously weren’t available. However, there is a technology that is being trialled by some of the world’s biggest tech companies that promises to enable telecommunications networks with a re-usable platform that can form telecommunications networks where there is little or no access. That is the High Altitude Platform.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/08/hamas-now-using-instagram-to-lure-israeli-soldiers-in-sophisticated-information-operations/ Mon, 27 Aug 2018 05:00:51 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=10105 Palestinian terror group Hamas has been accused by the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) of using photographs of attractive women posted on Instagram as a ploy to download spyware on the mobile telephones of Israeli soldiers.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/07/facebook-building-leo-broadband-satellite-to-bridge-digital-divide-in-africa/ Wed, 25 Jul 2018 05:00:46 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=9571 Social media giant Facebook has confirmed that one of its subsidiaries, PointView Tech LLC, is building a satellite dubbed Athena that will be placed in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) and provide Gigabite-quantity Internet services in digitally deprived areas such as Africa.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/04/israels-spacecom-buy-amos-8-bonds-buyout-attempt-expires/ Fri, 13 Apr 2018 05:00:03 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=8320 Israel's Spacecom plans to pay for its AMOS-8 communications satellite by raising U.S.$110 million through collateral bonds and bond options, just as the bid by IDB Development Corporation Ltd. to buyout Spacecom’s parent company has expired.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/04/israels-spacecom-finally-buyer-idb/ Thu, 05 Apr 2018 05:00:46 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=8198 Troubled Israeli satellite communications company Spacecom could finally have a buyer, but at a much lower price tag than it sought last year. Last week, Israel-based holding company IDB made an offer for a controlling stake in Spacecom, offering U.S.$45.75 million for a 54.7% undiluted stake and an equity infusion of as much as U.S.$11.45 million. According to a report published on calcalist.com, further negotiations have resulted in IDB’s subsidiary, Discount Investment Corporation, agreeing to an equity infusion of up to U.S.$34 million.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/01/spacewatchgl-oped-quo-vadis-cabsat-2018/ Sun, 28 Jan 2018 07:00:33 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=7268 This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2017/12/season-thoughts-2017-spacewatch-global/ Tue, 26 Dec 2017 07:00:39 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=6757 This content is for members only. 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