ORBITAL WHISPERS
TL;DR
SES cut 68 jobs to streamline support functions.
It is betting on an EU-funded IRIS² constellation.
Eutelsat posted a net loss of 873 million euros for the half-year to 2024, December 31.
The group reduced its future capacity backlog by 200 million euros.
Blue Origin achieved New Glenn’s first orbital flight on 2025, January 16 but did not recover the booster.
Each of these firms insists on its long-term prospects while seeking to close the gap with SpaceX and its Starlink rollout.
SES Satellites, Eutelsat Group, and Blue Origin’s Quest for Survival
Once a grand vision of exploration and innovation, now a corporate battlefield where CEOs juggle layoffs, budget cuts, and desperate government contracts, all while pretending they’re “streamlining operations.”
The satellite and space industry is in full-blown survival mode, look no further than SES, Eutelsat, and Blue Origin, three companies that are supposedly “thriving” while frantically cutting jobs, restructuring, and clinging to government money like a life raft.
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