Satellite insurers expect to lose as much as a fifth of their projected premiums this year as the global Covid-19 pandemic squeezes an already strained market. 

“About 20% of the premium that the market would’ve written this year will be pushed into next year, because of satellite launch delays and how everything has slowed down,” a well-informed insurance source said.

“That includes satellite manufacturing and, of course, the situation with...

Segments of satellite connectivity are expected to withstand the economic wreckage of the global coronavirus calamity with a few even thriving as the industry steadies itself for the pandemic’s assault on the economy.

Nobody is under the impression that industry will come away from the situation unscathed, as satellite launches…