Tag: EchoStar

  • EchoStar Subsidiaries File Chapter 11 to Restructure $10 Billion in Debt

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    EchoStar Corporation announced that its primary pay-TV broadcasting subsidiary, DISH DBS Corporation, along with certain wireless subsidiaries, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as part of a prepackaged restructuring designed to address approximately US$10 billion in debt. The cases were filed on June 30, 2026, in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District…

  • SpaceX Targets $75 Billion Raise in Planned Nasdaq IPO at $135 Per Share

    SpaceX Targets $75 Billion Raise in Planned Nasdaq IPO at $135 Per Share

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    SpaceX has set a fixed price of $135 per share for its planned initial public offering, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The company plans to sell 555.6 million shares, which would raise approximately $75 billion. Underwriters have the option to purchase an additional 83.33 million shares, potentially increasing the…

  • EchoStar to Sell Full AWS-3 Spectrum Portfolio to SpaceX for $2.6 Billion in Stock

    EchoStar to Sell Full AWS-3 Spectrum Portfolio to SpaceX for $2.6 Billion in Stock

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    *]:pointer-events-auto [content-visibility:auto] supports-[content-visibility:auto]:[contain-intrinsic-size:auto_100lvh] scroll-mt-[calc(var(–header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]” dir=”auto” tabindex=”-1″ data-turn-id=”request-690cc823-6dec-8322-bf9b-ce147311d910-1″ data-testid=”conversation-turn-60″ data-scroll-anchor=”true” data-turn=”assistant” style=”height: auto !important;”> EchoStar has amended its agreement with SpaceX to sell its entire portfolio of unpaired AWS-3 spectrum licenses for approximately $2.6 billion in SpaceX stock, valued as of September 2025. The nationwide licenses, part of 3GPP Band 70n, include uplink frequencies between 1695…

  • SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy launches world’s most massive communications satellite [Updated]

    SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy launches world’s most massive communications satellite [Updated]

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    2:45 a.m. EDT Saturday update: SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy has successfully launched the Jupiter 3 communications satellite. 5:30 p.m. EDT Thursday update: The launch of SpaceX’s next Falcon Heavy rocket has been pushed back again until Friday night, following a scrub Wednesday night with about a minute left in the countdown. 12:30 a.m. EDT Thursday update: SpaceX has scrubbed…

  • Falcon Heavy launches largest ever geostationary satellite

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    For its third flight this year, Falcon Heavy conducted the record-breaking launch of EchoStar 24. Also known as Jupiter 3, this payload will be the heaviest satellite launched to a geostationary transfer orbit, massing 9.2 tonnes. As such, Falcon Heavy needed to expend its center core to gain additional performance, like what has been done…

  • Photos: Falcon 9 rocket lifts off at twilight

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    Launching into a clear autumn sky at sunset, a Falcon 9 rocket took off Wednesday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida and delivered the SES 11/EchoStar 105 communications satellite to orbit. These photos show the 229-foot-tall (70-meter) launcher’s climb away from pad 39A at the Florida spaceport. Liftoff occurred at 6:53 p.m. EDT (2253…

  • Video: Falcon 9 rocket lifts off with joint satellite for SES, EchoStar

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    SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida’s Space Coast Wednesday evening with the SES 11/EchoStar 105 communications satellite, a video relay and data distribution platform jointly developed by SES and EchoStar. The two-stage launcher took off at 6:53 p.m. EDT (2253 GMT) Wednesday from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Powered…

  • SpaceX launches its 15th mission of the year

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    Credit: SpaceX Maintaining a brisk flight rate three days after its last launch, SpaceX sent a Falcon 9 booster powered by a reused first stage into orbit Wednesday evening from Florida with an Airbus-built communications satellite for SES and EchoStar. The successful launch placed the 5.7-ton (5.2-metric ton) satellite in a “supersynchronous” orbit arcing thousands…

  • Falcon 9 launch timeline with SES 11/EchoStar 105

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    SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is set for liftoff from Cape Canaveral on Wednesday evening, heading due east over the Atlantic Ocean to deliver the SES 11/EchoStar 105 communications satellite into orbit 36 minutes later. The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) rocket is poised for launch from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 6:53 p.m.…

  • Photos: Previously-flown Falcon 9 booster poised for launch

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    A Falcon 9 rocket powered by a reused first stage booster rolled out Tuesday to pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a day before its scheduled liftoff with an Airbus-built communications satellite designed for television broadcasts over the Americas. Liftoff of the SES 11/EchoStar 105 spacecraft is scheduled for 6:53 p.m. EDT…