https://spacewatch.global/tag/satellite-financing/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Tue, 28 Apr 2020 11:00:59 +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/satellite-financing/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2020/04/spacewatch-gl-opinion-could-the-oneweb-insolvency-have-ended-differently/ Tue, 28 Apr 2020 11:00:59 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=21931 Is it time for a shift in norms: does the recent pandemic finally push the space sector into using asset-based financing? Could the OneWeb insolvency have ended differently?]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/02/kleos-space-secures-e3-41-million-to-drive-satellite-roll-out/ Thu, 20 Feb 2020 06:00:08 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=19659 Kleos Space S.A., a space-powered Radio Frequency Reconnaissance data-as-a-service (DaaS) company, has entered into a €3.41 million (approximately US$3.7 million) secured loan agreement with Dubai-based family office Winance to progress its commercialisation plans and to redeem existing convertible notes]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/12/kacific-secures160-million-in-long-term-credit-facilities/ Mon, 09 Dec 2019 06:00:09 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=17579 As it readies for its first satellite launch next week, Kacific Broadband Satellites Group (Kacific) announced on 6 December 2019 that it has closed credit facilities totalling U.S.$160 million with a group of financial institutions including the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and GuarantCo.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/04/uk-export-agency-supports-airbus-uks-325-million-turksat-contract/ Mon, 29 Apr 2019 05:00:24 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=13760 The UK's International Trade Secretary, Dr. Liam Fox, announced on 25 April 2019 that UK Export Finance (UKEF) will support an Airbus Defence and Space Ltd UK contract with Turksat, the Turkish communications satellite operator. Airbus will manufacture and deliver, in orbit, two telecom satellites and a ground station, which will be essential for the continued provision of TV and data services in Turkey and the wider region.]]>