Thomas Seal
Stories by Thomas Seal
SoftBank-backed OneWeb targets 25% space broadband capacity by 2021
OneWeb has launched six satellites so far compared to 60 from Musk’s SpaceX Exploration Technologies Corp.
Apax, Warburg Pincus agree to buy satellite operator Inmarsat for $3.4b
The deal would mark a return for Apax, which was part of a consortium of investors that bought Inmarsat in 2003 and took it public two years later.
SoftBank-backed satellite startup OneWeb ready to take on Elon Musk’s SpaceX
Musk is also moving fast. SpaceX has sent two test satellites into orbit for its Starlink project and plans more launches this year.
