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CommunicationsLEOCOSPAR 2021-022ALLaunched 3/22/2021
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Mission & Launch
Launch Mission
CAS500-1
Launch Vehicle
Soyuz-2-1A Fregat
Launch Date
3/22/2021
Last Contact
1/22/2024
Orbit & Mass
Orbit Class
LEO
Altitude
547.5 km
Inclination
97.56 deg
Dry Mass
0.3 kg
Total Mass
0.3 kg
Payload Classification
Mission Type
Communications
Payload Category
COM
Payload Class
B
Organizations
Operator
GP Advanced Projects srls
Manufacturer
GP Advanced Projects srls
Registry
COSPAR ID
2021-022AL
UN Registration
ST/SG/SER.E/1228
Track
Mentions
76
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Boeing earned 81 percent of the total award fees it could have earned after NASA established formal baselines for the SLS program.

FinancialValue 4.0Jun 19, 2019Contractors continue to win award fees despite SLS and Orion delays

Bigelow Space Operations paid substantial sums as deposits and reservation fees to SpaceX in September 2018 for four Crew Dragon missions to the ISS.

Relationships
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Value 4.5
Jun 11, 2019
Companies express varying interest in NASA’s ISS commercialization plan

Virgin Orbit agreed to freeze escalating termination fees at a flat $70,000,000 through 2018-06-15 while negotiations over a revised contract continued.

RelationshipsLegalFinancialValue 4.0Jun 6, 2019Virgin Orbit takes OneWeb to court over canceled launch contract

OneWeb sent Virgin Orbit $22,360,000 in July 2018, approximately $1,260,000 more than it owed in past-due payments and late fees at that time.

RelationshipsFinancialValue 4.0Jun 6, 2019Virgin Orbit takes OneWeb to court over canceled launch contract

OneWeb had fallen $19,000,000 behind on payments and incurred $2,100,000 in late-payment fees by the time it canceled the launches in June 2018.

FinancialPlanValue 4.2Jun 6, 2019Virgin Orbit takes OneWeb to court over canceled launch contract

Virgin Orbit filed a breach of contract lawsuit seeking $46,320,000 plus legal fees and past-due interest.

LegalFinancialGeneralValue 4.0Jun 6, 2019Virgin Orbit takes OneWeb to court over canceled launch contract

Aireon borrowed $200,000,000 in December through a Deutsche Bank-led group of investor funds and used those funds to start paying Iridium overdue fees for hosting its sensor network.

FinancialRelationshipsValue 4.0Apr 2, 2019Aireon activates service, begins flight-tracking trials

Aireon is obligated to pay Iridium annual fees for continuing to host the ADS-B payloads in orbit, including $20,000,000 a year for data service.

FinancialRelationshipsValue 4.2Nov 3, 2018Iridium expects Aireon to pay off $200M debt by end of 2021

Aireon is close to securing a credit line intended to allow it to catch up on $200,000,000 in overdue payload hosting fees to Iridium.

FinancialRelationshipsValue 4.0Nov 3, 2018Iridium expects Aireon to pay off $200M debt by end of 2021

Iridium borrowed $360,000,000 in March as a hedge against relying on Aireon hosting fees to maintain its liquidity while paying down Iridium Next construction debt.

FinancialPlanValue 4.5Nov 3, 2018Iridium expects Aireon to pay off $200M debt by end of 2021

NASA awarded Boeing $323 million, or 90 percent of the available award and incentive fees, despite SLS program cost overages and schedule delays.

RelationshipsFinancialPlanValue 4.4Oct 10, 2018NASA inspector general sharply criticizes SLS core stage development

Nearly $64 million of the award fees previously provided to Boeing were questioned in the report due to the SLS program's issues.

FinancialRelationshipsValue 3.5Oct 10, 2018NASA inspector general sharply criticizes SLS core stage development

A known Intelsat broadcast customer with 3,700 unlicensed dishes would incur more than $1,600,000 in FCC filing fees to register each dish at $435.

LegalFinancialValue 4.2Jun 19, 2018SES, Intelsat plead for an extension for C-band dish registration

Aireon owes Iridium $200,000,000 in hosting fees.

FinancialRelationshipsValue 4.0May 16, 2018Aireon partner invests $69 million in space-based aircraft tracking system

Spacecom has 60 days from contract signing to cancel its $112,000,000 Amos-8 order without incurring fees.

LegalRelationshipsFinancialValue 4.5Apr 30, 2018Israel may field IAI-built satellite at Amos hotspot, Spacecom says

ViaSat intends to use any remaining net proceeds after the repurchase of the 2020 Notes and associated fees and expenses for general corporate purposes, which may include financing costs related to the purchase, launch, and operation of satellites, working capital, or capital expenditures.

FinancialCapabilityValue 3.0Sep 6, 2017ViaSat Announces Upsizing and Pricing of $700 Million of Senior Notes