by Blaine Curcio | Jul 12, 2019 | Space Money
AsiaSat’s Privatization Marks the End of an Era for Hong Kong By Blaine Curcio July 12, 2019 Hong Kong is one of the world’s truly global cities. Long an entrepot focusing on trade, starting in the 1970s and 1980s, Hong Kong became a center for regional broadcast, and...
by Blaine Curcio | Jun 27, 2019 | Space Money
The Failure Of Intelsat — More Than Meet’s The NYSE By Blaine Curcio June 27, 2019 Intelsat—the world’s largest or second-largest satellite operator, depending on whom you ask and how you count—recently completed its Epic Next Generation, or EpicNG constellation of...
by Blaine Curcio | Jun 17, 2019 | Launch
Wenchang—Where Hilton the Met Long March By Blaine Curcio June 17, 2019 A western luxury hotel brand is perhaps not the first thing that comes to mind when thinking of a Chinese People’s Liberation Army-controlled launch site. The space industry in China has generally...
by Blaine Curcio | Jun 17, 2019 | Stuff in Orbit
The Great Firewall From Low Earth Orbit (part 2 of 2) By Blaine Curcio June 17, 2019 With many LEO constellations in early phases of deployment, it is looking increasingly likely that there will be multiple LEO constellations offering communications services sometime...
by Blaine Curcio | Jun 17, 2019 | Space Agencies
Best Frenemies Ever: CASC, CASIC, and the Aerospace Bridge By Blaine Curcio June 17, 2019 The Chinese space industry has a long and storied history with the Chinese government—specifically, it was almost entirely government-owned until 2014. As an indication of its...
