March 2017

http://www.satellitetoday.com/publications/st/2017/03/03/virgin-orbit-announces-entry-small-satellite-market/

http://www.satellitetoday.com/publications/st/2017/03/03/telesat-reports-21-million-loss-q4-overall-revenue-decrease-2016/

http://www.satellitetoday.com/telecom/2017/03/03/gogo-launch-nextgen-atg-network-2018/

http://www.satellitetoday.com/launch/2017/03/03/ula-orbits-classified-nro-satellite-aerojet-rocketdyne-support/

http://www.satellitetoday.com/government/2017/03/03/canadian-government-awards-maerospace-multi-year-ais-contract/

Aireon announced that they have formally received control from Iridium Communications Inc. of the first Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) payload hosted on an Iridium NEXT satellite. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2017030200

Space Flight Laboratory (SFL), a provider of complete microspace missions based at the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS), has been contracted by GHGSat Inc. of Montreal to develop the GHGSat-C1 and C2 greenhouse gas monitoring satellites. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2017030201

Sir Richard Branson and Virgin Galactic announced Virgin Orbit, a new commercial space company, and the appointment of Dan Hart as the first President of the newly created company. Virgin Orbit will offer launch services for small satellites via the LauncherOne system. Virgin Orbit’s activities were previously conducted as a division of Virgin Galactic. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2017030202

Telesat announced its consolidated financial results for the three month and one year periods ending 31 December 2016. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2017030203

http://www.satellitetoday.com/publications/st/2017/03/02/industry-execs-examine-key-talking-points-ahead-satellite-2017/