Space Business Review Special Edition – Top Ten Space Business Stories of 2014. #1 – SPACE ACCESS DEVELOPMENTS #6 – IMAGING RESOLUTIONS Orbital launches first paid Cygnus vehicle to ISS, U.S. government authorizes sale of higher experiences subsequent Antares failure; resolution satellite imagery per DigitalGlobe’s December 2014 Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency selects (DG) request; DG’s WorldView-3 is launched Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) to develop offering 31 cm panchromatic resolution; HySpec CONTACTS: new H-III launch vehicle; MHI to upgrade H-IIA IQ places first commercial order of Boeing 502 and H-IIB; SpaceX records twelfth consecutive Phoenix; Azercosmos and Airbus Defense and Dara A. Panahy successful launch, Texas invests $15m in a new Space (Airbus) form long-term partnership for 202-835-7521 private launch site for SpaceX near Brownsville; commercial remote sensing, beginning with sale [email protected] Proton fails, marking sixth failure since 2010 but of Spot 7 to Azercosmos; Kazakhstan’s Bijan Ganji resumes commercial services with Astra 2G; KazEOSat-1 satellite is launched. Khrunichev announces successful inaugural 202-835-7543 #7 – STRATEGIC ALLIANCES flight of Angara 1.2; ESA member states agree to [email protected] ARABSAT and Inmarsat join forces to procure finance Ariane 6; ULA invests in new Blue Origin ARABSAT satellite with Inmarsat S-band engine for Atlas 5; NASA awards Commercial payload; Airbus and Safran create joint venture Crew contracts valued at $6.8b to Boeing and to manage development of Ariane 6; Hughes To learn about Milbank’s SpaceX; SpaceShipTwo crashes during a test Network Systems do Brasil contracts with Space Business Practice, or flight but Virgin Galactic vows to stay the course. view previous issues of the Eutelsat do Brasil for broadband services in Space Business Review, #2 – SPACE M&A MARCHES ON Brazil; Eutelsat and Spacecom announce cross- please visit www.milbank.com. Eutelsat completes $831m acquisition of Satmex; commercialization of capacity in Africa. EchoStar acquires Solaris from SES and Eutelsat; The information contained #8 – NATIONAL PRIDE IN SPACE Orbital and ATK announce $5b merger of Orbital herein is provided for Bangladesh continues with development of a with ATK’s aerospace and defense divisions; informational purposes only national communications satellite; Myanmar ORBCOMM acquires Euroscan Holdings and and should not be construed announces plans for its first satellite; Argentina’s SkyWave Mobile Communications; AT&T as legal advice on any subject first home-grown communications satellite, matter. Recipients of this acquires DIRECTV in a $67.1b transaction; ARSAT-1, is launched; Afghanistan Ministry of publication should not take or Lockheed Martin acquires Astrotech Space Communications and Information Technology refrain from taking any action Operations; Google acquires Skybox Imaging for contracts with Eutelsat for AFGHANSAT 1. based upon content included $500m; a Carlyle Group fund agrees to buy herein. If you do not wish to General Electric’s stake in AsiaSat for $483m. #9 –LAUNCH SERVICES receive this newsletter, please Arianespace: ABS-2, Amazonas 4A, ARSAT-1, send an e-mail to #3 – CONSTELLATIONS ASTRA 5B, DIRECTV-14, GSAT-16, Intelsat 30, [email protected] Skybox Imaging selects Space Systems/Loral MEASAT-3b, Optus 10, 8 O3b satellites; ILS: with the word “unsubscribe” in (SSL) to manufacture 13 earth observation Astra 2G, TURKSAT-4A; Indian Space Research the subject line. satellites; SpaceX launches 6 new generation Organisation: GSAT-14, SPOT 7; ISC Kosmotras: M2M satellites for ORBCOMM; Arianespace ATTORNEY ADVERTISING. 33 various smallsats; Lockheed Martin: launches second and third batches of 4 O3b Prior results do not guarantee WorldView-3; Russian Federal: Express-AT1, Networks satellites; WorldVu reportedly similar results. Express-AT2, Express-AM6; SpaceX: AsiaSat 8, planning for several hundred Ku-band satellites. © 2014 - Milbank, Tweed, AsiaSat 6/THAICOM 7, THAICOM 6, 6 satellites Hadley & McCloy LLP. #4 – EXPORT CREDIT REMAINS STRONG for ORBCOMM; Sea Launch: EUTELSAT 3B. Satellite industry becomes fastest growing of U.S. #10 – COMMERCIAL SATELLITE ORDERS Ex-Im Bank’s credit sectors, with growth from Airbus: EUTELSAT 172B, SES-10, SES-12; Ball $50m to $1b in loans per year since 2010; Export Aerospace: system for Laser Light Comm.; Credit Agency of Russia announces plans to Boeing: Intelsat 35e EpicNG, two HySpec IQ actively support ILS; and Export Development satellites; China Great Wall: APSTAR-10; Dauria Canada provides €123m in financing to Hispasat Aerospace: two satellites for Aniara SpaceCom; for procurement of Hispasat 1F. MELCO: Es’hail 2; Orbital: HYLAS 4, THAICOM #5 – DISPUTES SETTLE DOWN 8; SSL: Amazonas 5, BRIsat, Bulgaria Sat-1, Eutelsat and SES settle their dispute over the EchoStar XXIII, Hispasat 1F, Intelsat 36, JCSAT- 28.5°E orbital location; Loral and ViaSat settle 15, JCSAT-16, PSN VI, 13 Skybox satellites; the patent infringement and breach of contract Thales Alenia Space: Inmarsat-S EuropaSat/ claims under lawsuits brought by ViaSat. Hellas-Sat 3, Koreasat-7, Telkom-3S, Yamal-601. Milbank.com .