https://spacewatch.global/tag/hamid-akhavan/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Wed, 10 Sep 2025 09:26:45 +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/hamid-akhavan/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2025/09/echostar-announces-spectrum-sale-and-commercial-agreement-with-spacex/ Wed, 10 Sep 2025 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=67596 EchoStar has entered into a definitive agreement with SpaceX to sell the company's AWS-4 and H-block spectrum licenses for approximately $17 billion. This consists of up to $8.5 billion in cash and up to $8.5 billion in SpaceX stock valued as of the entry into the definitive agreement. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/08/echostar-select-mda-space-for-worlds-first-open-ran-d2d-leo-constellation/ Tue, 05 Aug 2025 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=66720 EchoStar announced its selection of MDA Space Ltd. as the prime contractor for its new NTN low Earth orbit D2D satellite constellation.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/01/echostar-completes-merger-with-dish-network-corporation/ Thu, 04 Jan 2024 07:00:45 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=53064 EchoStar Corporation has announced the completion of its acquisition of DISH Network Corporation ("DISH Network"). A wholly-owned subsidiary of EchoStar merged with and into DISH Network, with DISH Network surviving the merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of EchoStar. As a result of the merger, each share of DISH Network Class A Common Stock and DISH Network Class C Common Stock converted into 0.350877 shares of EchoStar Class A Common Stock, and each share of DISH Network Class B Common Stock converted into 0.350877 shares of EchoStar Class B Common Stock.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/08/dish-network-and-echostar-merging-to-expand-telecom-empire/ Fri, 11 Aug 2023 06:00:38 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=50501 Charlie Ergen is consolidating his telecommunications empire, merging Dish Network and EchoStar, his satellite and broadband services in an all-stock deal, reports CNBC. The deal is reuniting two businesses that have been separate for about 15 years, after Ergen took EchoStar out of Dish Network in 2008. Echostar was founded in 1980, selling satellite dishes before launching its subscription satellite service in 1995. ]]>