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SkyTerra Communications, Inc.</b> (OTCBB : SKYT) announced it has extended the expiration date for its previously announced offer (the "Offer") to issue options to purchase shares of common stock of SkyTerra, in replacement of and upon termination of options to purchase limited partnership units of Mobile Satellite Ventures L.P.
Read MoreNASA's Ames Research Center and m2mi Corp. now have a cooperative research and development agreement.
Read MoreA 245M/USD satellite financing arrangement has been completed by Milibank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP for ProtoStar Ltd.
Read MoreProtoStar Ltd., a Bermuda corporation, announced the closing of 245M/USD of debt and equity financing to complete the on-going development and launch of its second satellite.
Read MoreSpace insurers are targeting premium increases of up to 30 percent following losses in 2007, which included the failures of the Sea Launch rocket carrying the NSS-8 satellite, the Proton carrying JCSat 11, and the initial failure of the Proton rocket carrying the AMC-14 satellite.
Read MoreUniversal Space Network, Inc. (USN) provides outsourced space operations and ground control and communications services and they've just announced they have closed a $13M equity financing round and a $5M debt facility.
Read More$150 million is a tidy sum, and that's what EchoStar Corporation has invested in TerreStar Corporation.
Read MoreAn infusion of $150m in debt financing has been afforded to satservices provider SkyTerra Communications Inc. by hedge fund Harbinger Capital Partners.
Read MoreNXGen, Inc. has announced they have obtained a commitment, of $1.65 million in equity financing over the next twelve months.
Read MoreRigNet, Inc. provides managed communications solutions for the upstream oil and gas industry and the company announced today the refinancing of its debt with Comerica Bank. This refinancing will continue the funding of the Company’s strong growth, reduces total borrowing costs as well as simplifies the debt structure.
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