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Loral Space and Communications

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commercialFounded 1996
United States
www.telesat.com/
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Telesat and Loral Space & Communications announced plans on 2020-11-24 to combine to form Telesat Corp., a Canadian public company.

Mentioned as: Loral Space and CommunicationsNarrative GeneralNov 24, 2020Telesat and Loral to form Canadian public company

Loral sold its former satellite manufacturing business for over $1,000,000,000.

Mentioned as: LoralTechnical ProductNov 24, 2020Telesat + Loral Space & Communications To Merge

A definitive agreement to combine Loral Space & Communications and Telesat into a new Canadian public company called New Telesat was reached on 2020-11-24.

Mentioned as: Loral Space and CommunicationsOrg RelationshipNov 24, 2020Telesat + Loral Space & Communications To Merge

The Loral Board of Directors has adopted a shareholder rights plan that will be triggered if a party other than the MHR Funds acquires or announces the intention to acquire shares of Loral voting common stock such that the party would own more than 15 percent of the Unaffiliated Shares.

Mentioned as: Loral Space and CommunicationsNarrative GeneralNov 24, 2020Telesat + Loral Space & Communications To Merge

Loral stockholders not affiliated with the funds managed by MHR Fund Management LLC will beneficially own 26.1 percent of the economic interests in New Telesat.

Mentioned as: LoralOrg RelationshipNov 24, 2020Telesat + Loral Space & Communications To Merge

Loral disclosed in 2016 that it had no commitment to provide further financial support to XTAR.

Mentioned as: LoralOrg RelationshipJul 31, 2020Xtar sells satellite to Hisdesat, shifts to lease agreement

Israel Aerospace Industries nearly shut down its geostationary satellite communications production line in 2018 after Spacecom chose to order the Amos-8 satellite from Space Systems Loral (now Maxar Technologies).

Mentioned as: Loral Space and CommunicationsNarrative GeneralFeb 11, 2020IAI anticipates additional satellite orders from Israeli government

The 1995 failure of a Chinese Long March 2E carrying Apstar-6 and the 1996 failure of a Long March 3B carrying Intelsat-708 led to a U.S. crackdown on satellite technology exports involving Loral and Hughes.

Mentioned as: Loral Space and CommunicationsNarrative GeneralSep 25, 201930 Years in Space: a look at SpaceNews’ legacy

Maxar decided in February 2019 to restructure Space Systems Loral with a focus on smaller satellites and government projects rather than selling its geostationary commercial satellite business.

Mentioned as: Loral Space and CommunicationsOrg RelationshipSep 4, 2019Thales Group to restructure space business as order gap drives losses

NASA awarded study contracts in November 2017 to Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Orbital ATK (now Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems), Sierra Nevada Space Systems, and Space Systems Loral (now Maxar).

Mentioned as: Loral Space and CommunicationsNarrative GeneralMay 23, 2019NASA selects Maxar to build first Gateway element

Airbus won the two-satellite Turksat order over Space Systems Loral and Mitsubishi Electric in a tender first announced in October 2017 and closed in November 2017.

Mentioned as: Loral Space and CommunicationsOrg RelationshipApr 25, 2019UK Export Finance loans $325 million for Turksat satellites Airbus is building

Maxar’s Space Systems Loral business unit had been working with DARPA on the RSGS program under a public-private partnership finalized in 2017.

Mentioned as: Loral Space and CommunicationsOrg RelationshipMar 17, 2019DARPA continues work on satellite servicing program as it seeks new ride

Maxar plans to eliminate around 60 jobs at Space Systems Loral, which employs roughly 2,000 people.

Mentioned as: Loral Space and CommunicationsNarrative PlanMar 1, 2019Maxar cutting jobs to help stem $1.26 billion loss, stabilize satellite division

Maxar plans to rebrand Space Systems Loral as its Space Solution Group.

Mentioned as: Loral Space and CommunicationsNarrative PlanMar 1, 2019Maxar cutting jobs to help stem $1.26 billion loss, stabilize satellite division

Space Systems Loral generated $821,000,000 of Maxar’s space systems sector revenue in 2018.

Mentioned as: Loral Space and CommunicationsNarrative FinancialMar 1, 2019Maxar cutting jobs to help stem $1.26 billion loss, stabilize satellite division

Telesat plans to select a satellite manufacturer later 2019 from either Airbus Defence and Space or a team of Thales Alenia Space and Space Systems Loral.

Mentioned as: Loral Space and CommunicationsOrg RelationshipJan 31, 2019Telesat signs New Glenn multi-launch agreement with Blue Origin for LEO missions

Airbus Defence and Space and the Thales Alenia Space–Space Systems Loral team completed systems requirements reviews for Telesat’s constellation on 2019-01-24.

Mentioned as: Loral Space and CommunicationsOrg RelationshipJan 31, 2019Telesat signs New Glenn multi-launch agreement with Blue Origin for LEO missions

Maxar Technologies’ Space Systems Loral terminated an agreement to build DARPA’s Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites spacecraft on 2019-01-30.

Mentioned as: Loral Space and CommunicationsOrg RelationshipJan 30, 2019SSL cancels DARPA satellite servicer agreement

EDF announced on 2019-01-10 that Ball Aerospace and Space Systems Loral had received study contracts with an overall value of $1,500,000 to advance MethaneSAT concepts.

Mentioned as: Loral Space and CommunicationsOrg RelationshipJan 11, 2019Ball and SSL win study contracts for methane emission tracking satellite

Maxar Technologies pushed a decision on divesting Space Systems Loral’s geostationary communications satellite business from year’s end to early the following year.

Mentioned as: Loral Space and CommunicationsTechnical ProductDec 27, 2018Cloud Constellation lines up $100 million investment
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