PARIS — A top official with the U.S. Export-Import Bank says the export credit agency is considering proposals for more than $5 billion in satellite industry financing. Speaking at the World Satellite Business Week conference, Judith Pryor, first vice president and vice chair of the board of directors of Ex-Im, […]
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WASHINGTON — Rivada Space Networks is hoping to secure support from the U.S. Ex-Im Bank to finance a multibillion-dollar satellite constellation whose future also depends on an impending decision by international regulators. Rivada announced in February a $2.4 billion contract with Terran Orbital to build a 300-satellite constellation to provide […]
WASHINGTON — The Export-Import Bank of the United States has arranged financing for the SpaceX launch of a Hispasat satellite, the first space deal the bank has done in six years. Ex-Im announced June 21 that it approved $80.7 million in financing for a Falcon 9 launch of a Hispasat […]
Once a critical pillar for supporting commercial space projects around the world, export credit agencies have faded from the limelight in an industry awash with financing alternatives. But as an Indonesian satellite secures ECA support and Canada’s Telesat explores the option for its LEO constellation, there is still a role […]
WASHINGTON — The Export-Import Bank of the United States is evaluating nearly $2 billion in applications to finance space industry sales as it seeks to return to a field that has changed significantly over the last few years. The Ex-Im Bank had been a major source of financing for commercial […]
You’re reading SN Military Space, a weekly newsletter for national security space professionals. To get these insights every Tuesday morning, sign up for a free subscription. Today’s briefing • Lawmakers question cost of national security space launch• U.S. exporters of geospatial data to get help from Ex-Im Bank• LeoLabs wins $15 million Defense […]
Congress stood up the “Program on China and Transformational Exports” which Ex-Im is now working to implement WASHINGTON — The Export-Import Bank of the United States is reaching out to the space industry and offering to help exporters take on Chinese competitors, officials said July 9. U.S. companies in the […]
WASHINGTON — The year-end spending package President Donald Trump signed into law late Dec. 20 includes a seven-year re-authorization for the U.S. Export-Import Bank, a lending agency that has been largely sidelined as a source of cheap financing for U.S. satellite deals since Congress let Ex-Im’s charter lapse in 2015. […]