https://spacewatch.global/tag/maxar-technologies/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Mon, 28 Jul 2025 10:38:38 +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/maxar-technologies/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2025/07/mda-space-appoints-rob-singh-as-vice-president-strategic-solutions/ Mon, 28 Jul 2025 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=66508 MDA Space has announced the appointment of Rabindra (Rob) Singh as Vice President, Strategic Solutions, effective immediately. Singh joins with the responsibility for defining strategic customer solutions that leverage the company’s full global portfolio and partnering with corporate development on strategic growth opportunities.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/08/karen-cox-appointed-as-leolabs-chief-of-corporate-affairs/ Wed, 28 Aug 2024 06:00:37 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=56739 LeoLabs has announced the appointment of Karen Cox as Chief of Corporate Affairs at LeoLabs. The newly formed role of Chief of Corporate Affairs will integrate LeoLabs’ government affairs, strategic communications, and marketing teams under one executive leader. As Chief of Corporate Affairs, Karen will consequently drive LeoLabs’ corporate strategy and external engagement efforts]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/02/leolabs-appoints-tony-frazier-new-as-its-new-ceo/ Tue, 27 Feb 2024 07:00:24 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=53850 LeoLabs, a provider of integrated solutions that persistently monitor activity in space to reveal threats to safety and security, has appointed Tony Frazier as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). As a result, Tony will lead LeoLabs as it scales to become a critical mission partner for combined military space operations and next-generation space safety systems.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/03/anywaves-signs-a-contract-with-maxar-technologies/ Fri, 24 Mar 2023 07:00:14 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=47493 ANYWAVES, the European equipment manufacturer announced on the 23rd of March that they have signed a contract with Maxar Technologies, an American company specialising in manufacture of telecommunication, Earth observation and other related services. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/12/advent-to-acquire-maxar-technologies-for-6-4-billion/ Mon, 19 Dec 2022 07:00:32 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=45528 Maxar Technologies has announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement which will see Advent International (“Advent”), one of the largest and most experienced global private equity investors, acquire the Company. The acquisition will feature an all-cash transaction that values Maxar at an enterprise value of approximately $6.4 billion. Following the closing of the transaction, Maxar will remain a US-controlled and operated company.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/03/satellite-images-show-irans-possible-failed-space-launch/ Fri, 04 Mar 2022 07:00:07 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=39675 Iran likely had a failed satellite-carrying rocket launch while attempting to jumpstart the country’s space program criticized by the West. The Associated Press saw Maxar Technologies’ satellite images showing scorch marks at Imam Khomeini Spaceport’s launch pad. The rocket stand seems to be damaged, with an object and vehicles surrounding it.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/12/maxar-adds-100m-defense-and-intelligence-contracts/ Thu, 23 Dec 2021 07:00:19 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=38078&preview=true&preview_id=38078 Maxar Technologies extended its contracts with three long-standing international defense and intelligence customers. The agreements total more than $100 million and extend these customers’ ability to download satellite imagery from Maxar’s current constellation and under its Direct Access Program, the provider of geospatial intelligence said.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/12/siriusxm-launches-its-seventh-maxar-built-satellite-on-spacex/ Mon, 14 Dec 2020 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=29036&preview=true&preview_id=29036 https://spacewatch.global/2020/11/us-space-force-maxar-missile-data-processing/ Tue, 03 Nov 2020 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=27854&preview=true&preview_id=27854 U.S. Space Force asks Maxar to develop missile data processing prototype]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/09/intelsat-completes-c-band-5g-program-in-the-u-s-with-order-of-seventh-c-band-satellite-from-maxar/ Tue, 22 Sep 2020 05:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=26344&preview=true&preview_id=26344 Intelsat completes C-band program in the U.S. with order of seventh C-band satellite from Maxar]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/08/arianespaces-ariane-5-orbits-galaxy-30-mev-2-and-bsat-4b/ Mon, 17 Aug 2020 05:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=25227&preview=true&preview_id=25227 Designated Flight VA253 in Arianespace’s numbering system, this mission was performed from the Spaceport’s ELA-3 launch zone – with Ariane 5 deploying its three passengers during a sequence lasting 47 minutes from liftoff to final separation. It marked the 253rd launch of an Ariane-series vehicle to date, and the 109th using an Ariane 5.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/maxar-to-support-dynetics-in-designing-and-building-lunar-human-landing-system-for-nasa/ Tue, 05 May 2020 05:00:41 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22139 Maxar Technologies, a trusted partner and innovator in Earth Intelligence and Space Infrastructure, announced on 1 May 2020 that it has been selected to support Dynetics, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Leidos, in designing and building a Human Landing System for NASA's Artemis program, which will send the first woman and the next man to the Moon by 2024 and enable future crewed missions to Mars.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/04/iconic-space-technology-firm-returns-to-canadian-control-as-sale-of-mda-to-northern-private-capital-closes/ Mon, 13 Apr 2020 05:00:46 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=21421 Effective 8 April 2020, the sale transaction of MDA by Maxar Technologies to a consortium led by Toronto-based investment firm Northern Private Capital has officially closed.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/03/intelsat-selects-spacex-to-launch-intelsat-40e-satellite/ Thu, 26 Mar 2020 06:00:26 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=20947 Intelsat has selected SpaceX as its launch partner for Intelsat 40e (IS-40e). The launch is planned for 2022 on SpaceX’s American-built Falcon 9 launch vehicle.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/03/spacewatchgl-column-space-based-global-maritime-awareness-is-a-house/ Sun, 22 Mar 2020 12:00:19 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=20663 As space-based Global Maritime Awareness has become more and more robust, I have come to think of it as a house, even my home. The latest addition to this house, provided by the new Radio Frequency Geolocation satellites, have finally made this house truly livable.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/03/spacewatchgl-on-the-road-a-report-on-the-5th-annual-conference-on-maritime-reconnaissance-surveillance-technology-5-6-february-2020-rome-italy/ Sun, 08 Mar 2020 09:00:38 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=20298 This conference was groundbreaking in one important area: it acknowledged the increased significance of space to the understanding of maritime reconnaissance and surveillance technology]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/02/bulgaria-sat-aims-for-65-percent-capacity-on-satellite-within-two-years-after-struggles/ Wed, 12 Feb 2020 06:00:02 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=19228 Bulgaria Sat, the operator of BulgariaSat-1 broadcasting and communications satellite, is aiming to lease 65 percent of the satellite's capacity within two years, according to the Chief Executive Officer of the company, Maxim Zayakov.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/02/intelsat-selects-maxar-technologies-to-build-geostationary-communications-satellite/ Mon, 10 Feb 2020 06:00:08 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=19247 Maxar Technologies has been chosen to manufacture Intelsat 40e, a next-generation geostationary communications satellite scheduled to launch in 2022. Maxar will integrate NASA's Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) payload with the Intelsat 40e satellite.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/02/eutelsat-7c-enters-commercial-service-for-middle-east-and-european-coverage/ Tue, 04 Feb 2020 06:00:37 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18996 Eutelsat Communications’ EUTELSAT 7C satellite has entered full commercial service and is ready to support broadcast customers across Africa, Europe, the Middle East and Turkey.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/01/maxar-technologies-to-sell-mda-to-northern-private-capital-for-cad1-billion/ Thu, 02 Jan 2020 06:00:45 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18301 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.]]>