The week in space finance, read from the filings.
Deals, terms and the clauses behind them, for the people financing satellite operators, launch and space infrastructure. One email a week, by Randeep Bubbra.
Randeep Bubbra | Lawyer | Making space financeable
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Inside each issue
The format stays the same each week. The length follows the news: a quieter week gets a shorter issue.
- The week in one paragraphThe financing story to start with, and why it matters to lenders and operators.
- Deal sheetNew space financings and M&A from the register, with instrument, amount, banks and a primary source.
- On the deskShort notes on the terms worth reading: launch and in-orbit risk, insurance, security over satellites and spectrum.
- Term of the weekOne clause or financing mechanism explained in plain English.
- Spectrum, licensing and policyLicences, spectrum filings, government anchor contracts and export credit, where they change bankability.
- On the radarLaunches, maturities, refinancings and closings coming up.
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