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The July-August 2022 issue of the Satellite Executive Briefing magazine sponsored by Spacebridge is now available 

Featuring:

Winds of Change in the Asia-Pacific Market by Blaine Curcio

Executive Roundtable on the Latin American Satellite Broadband Market by Bernardo Schneiderman

Is Hosting EO Gateways a Good Business by Robert Bell

Celebrating Satellite’s Quarter Century Past: Protecting the Space Century Ahead  by Martin Jarrold

Better Satellite World Series: How Space Saves Lives

PLUS Products and Services Mergers and Acquisitions, Executive Moves, Market Briefs, Vital Statistics and many more. Click here to read or download the file.

Munich, Germany, July 5, 2022

Mynaric (NASDAQ:MYNA)(FRA:M0Y) and L3Harris (LHX) today signed agreements related to an investment in Mynaric by L3Harris and to future collaboration. With the strategic investment, the companies seek to build on their existing collaboration in the airborne domain and widen the scope to cover all domains including space, air, maritime and ground.

Oslo, Norway, July 5, 2022

 Kongsberg Defence & Aerospacehas entered into an agreement to acquire Lithuanian smallsat mission integrator and bus manufacturer NanoAvionics. NanoAvionics is a leading smallsat mission integrator and bus manufacturer with significant global growth in recent years, including expansions into the United Kingdom and the United States.

London, UK, July 1, 2022

Providence Equity Partners completes of the acquisition of a majority shareholding  from Apax Partners SAS.
 Under the agreement terms, Apax will retain a significant minority shareholding in Marlink, and the current management team and Ardian have also committed to minority interests.

London, UK, July 1, 2022

With IBC Show set to return to the RAI Amsterdam this September after two years of virtual formats, IBC (International Broadcasting Convention) announced&

El Segundo, Calif., June 17, 2022

Impulse Space  today announced it has secured US$ 10 million in funding by Lux Capital, the venture capital firm focused on emerging science and technology ventures. Following the recently raised US$ 20 million seed round funding led by Founders Fund, this sets Impulse on an accelerated path toward its mission to provide agile, economic capabilities to access any orbit according to the company.

London, UK, June 17, 2022

The world’s largest Africa-focused technology and telecommunications event turns 25 this year and is set to return to Cape Town, South Africa in November after a 2-year digital hiatus. Africa Tech Festival, home of AfricaCom, will welcome exhibitors, delegates, and policy makers from all over the world from 7 – 11 November 2022, to continue shaping the continent’s digital transformation and progress.

Melville, NY, June 9, 2022

Comtech today reported results for the third quarter ended April 30, 2022.  Consolidated net sales were US$ 122.1 million, up 1.4% sequentially from Q2 2022 and Adjusted EBITDA  of US$ 11.2 million, a 14.3% sequential increase.

Singapore, June 3, 2022

The Asia Video Industry Association was finally able to host its annual Satellite Industry Forum in-person in Singapore on 31st May 2022 after a two-year hiatus, bringing together over 120 delegates from around the world and some of the satellite industry's most foremost leaders.