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Hispasat

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commercialFounded 1989
www.hispasat.com
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Spanish power company Red Eléctrica purchased Hispasat in 2019.

Mentioned as: HispasatNarrative GeneralNov 13, 2019LeoSat, absent investors, shuts down

ABS, Hispasat, and Embratel Star One each spent close to $250,000,000 building and launching satellites designed at least in part to serve the U.S. market, according to testimony at the hearing.

Mentioned as: HispasatOrg RelationshipOct 30, 2019House lawmakers, with legislation in tow, push for public C-band auction

Hispasat and Sky Perfect Jsat made equal, undisclosed investments toward LeoSat’s Series A, which was downsized from $100,000,000 to $50 million, and reneged on a plan to increase their investments.

Mentioned as: hispasatNarrative FinancialSep 26, 2019LeoSat, facing ITU deadline, restarts manufacturing competition, changes funding strategy

LeoSat intended to reduce the constellation’s projected $3,500,000,000 price tag to close to $3,000,000,000 under pressure from investors Hispasat and Sky Perfect Jsat.

Mentioned as: HispasatOrg RelationshipSep 26, 2019LeoSat, facing ITU deadline, restarts manufacturing competition, changes funding strategy

ABS, Hispasat, and Star One had some U.S. C-band coverage but had no U.S. customers using that spectrum as of fall 2018.

Mentioned as: HispasatTechnical ProductAug 25, 2019Battle lines drawn over American C-band

EDRS-C is the second SmallGEO satellite built by OHB, following Hispasat-36W-1 which launched in early 2017 on an Arianespace Soyuz.

Mentioned as: HispasatOrg RelationshipAug 6, 2019Satellites for Intelsat, European lasercomm launch on Arianespace rocket

Red Eléctrica planned in February to buy Abertis’ 89.7 percent stake in Hispasat for €949 million.

Mentioned as: HispasatOrg RelationshipJun 12, 2019Hispasat buyer secures 500M euro credit line • ESA, Polish firms study rocket tech • CETel buys UK teleport operator

Hispasat plans to add another 10 trial Wi-Fi locations across Colombia.

Mentioned as: HispasatTechnical ProductMar 20, 2019First Ariane 6 to carry 30 OneWeb satellites • Viasat seeking to raise $500 million • Hispasat trials Wi-Fi hotspots in Colombia

SSL is using an approach for hosting S5 on Nusantara Satu that was honed during a DARPA experiment that carried a smallsat aboard Hispasat-30W-6.

Mentioned as: HispasatNarrative GeneralFeb 21, 2019SpaceX launches satellites, moon mission on Falcon 9

SSL deployed a previously unpublicized DARPA smallsat from Hispasat 30W-6 using the PODS system in the prior year.

Mentioned as: HispasatNarrative GeneralFeb 20, 2019Falcon 9 launch the final leg of Indonesian satellite’s roundabout journey

Eutelsat divested Spanish fleet operator Hispasat for 302,000,000 EUR.

Mentioned as: HispasatNarrative GeneralFeb 19, 2019Eutelsat, amid revenue decline, says year will rebound

An earlier SSL-built communications satellite, Hispasat 30W-6, deployed a smallsat after launch using SSL’s Payload Orbital Delivery System (PODS).

Mentioned as: HispasatNarrative GeneralFeb 15, 2019Air Force smallsat to fly on upcoming Falcon 9 launch

Red Eléctrica Corporación agreed on 2019-02-12 to buy out Abertis’ 89.7 percent stake in Hispasat for 949,000,000 EUR.

Mentioned as: HispasatOrg RelationshipFeb 12, 2019Spanish electricity company buys Hispasat for $1.1 billion

Red Eléctrica confirmed interest in Hispasat in 2017 at the same time Abertis was purchasing Eutelsat’s stake in Hispasat.

Mentioned as: HispasatNarrative GeneralFeb 12, 2019Spanish electricity company buys Hispasat for $1.1 billion

Hispasat reported 235,000,000 EUR in revenue for 2017 and profits of 80,500,000 EUR.

Mentioned as: HispasatNarrative GeneralFeb 12, 2019Spanish electricity company buys Hispasat for $1.1 billion

Abertis is divesting from Hispasat as part of a strategy to become a pure toll-road operator.

Mentioned as: HispasatOrg RelationshipFeb 12, 2019Spanish electricity company buys Hispasat for $1.1 billion

Red Eléctrica requires approval from Spain’s Council of Ministers and other regulatory bodies to complete the Hispasat acquisition.

Mentioned as: HispasatNarrative GeneralFeb 12, 2019Spanish electricity company buys Hispasat for $1.1 billion

Hispasat’s 30W-6 communications satellite launched in March 2018 included more than 200 additively manufactured metal and polymer components, including 72 titanium nodes in an antenna tower nearly three times the size of JCSAT-110A’s antenna tower.

Mentioned as: HispasatOrg RelationshipNov 1, 2018SSL additively expands additive manufacturing from brackets to antenna towers

Hispasat operates 11 satellites and reports that Amazonas-3 provides C-band coverage of the United States.

Mentioned as: HispasatOrg RelationshipOct 19, 2018ABS, Hispasat and Star One cry foul over C-Band Alliance

ABS, Hispasat, and Star One plan to submit comments to the FCC during the regulator's C-band plan comment window that closes 2018-10-29.

Mentioned as: HispasatTechnical ProductOct 19, 2018ABS, Hispasat and Star One cry foul over C-Band Alliance
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