ORBITAL PROPERTIES
Advising, Asset Management & Brokerage To The Satellite & Space Industry
Slots | Spectrum | Frequencies | Real Estate
About us
Orbital Properties, LLC serves the global commercial satellite and space industry to protect and enhance assets through strategic asset management, analysis, negotiation and brokerage.
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Expertise
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Market Opportunities – Analyzing industry trends, spectrum allocations, and orbital slot availability to develop and implement strategies that enhance market positioning.
Regulatory, Financial & Technical Challenges – Monitoring, analyzing and executing strategic plans to address and resolve complex/evolving licensing regimes, delays resulting from adjusted launch and deployment schedules, the ITU “Bring Into Use” rule, while taking into account technical hurdles, market shifts, U.S. and foreign government policies, and orbital congestion.
Asset Optimization
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Restructuring & Recapitalization – Crafting ownership structures, financial strategies, and operational models to strengthen asset performance.
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Tax & Transaction Strategy – Working alongside legal and financial experts to minimize tax burdens through optimized acquisitions, leases, exchanges, and asset dispositions.
Brokerage: Orbital Slot, Spectrum, Real Estate – Acting as a trusted intermediary for buying, selling, exchanging, and leasing valuable spectrum, orbital slot and terrestrial real estate assets.
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Affiliations
​Orbital Properties is associated with:
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Benitez Attorneys – Specializing in commercial real estate transactions, legal structuring, finance, capitalization, contracts, tax-deferred exchanges, dispute resolution, and negotiation.
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Benitez Investments, LLC [Real Estate Brokerage/Advisory]: A commercial real estate brokerage and consulting firm exclusively serving the space industry in the acquisition, disposition, leasing and exchanging of commercial real estate. Concentration: Mission Critical Facilities; Office; Warehouse; Flex; SCIF; Ground Stations; Testing Facilities; Hangars; Space Museums; Space Education Facilities; Space Ports, Development Land; and, Covered Land Plays.
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Colorado Space Coalition, Member
Founder: John R. Benitez
John R. Benitez brings extensive legal, investment, and negotiation experience across commercial real estate, aerospace, and international transactions.
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Education
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University of Virginia – B.A., International Relations
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Georgetown University Law Center – J.D. (Space Law Research & Writing)
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Exeter University (England) – International Law
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Harvard Law School – Program on Negotiation
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Professional Experience
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U.S. Senate – Professional Staff Member
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Rocky Mountain Energy (Union Pacific) – Public Affairs & Uranium Sales Manager
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Lead Industry Negotiator – U.S. Uranium Industry & Atomic Energy Act Amendments
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Founder, Benitez Legal™ (1980)
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Attorney – International Semiconductor Licensing
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Moye White, LLP – Co-Chair, Real Estate Section
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Founder, Benitez Investments, LLC (2001)
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Counsel – Colorado Baseball Commission
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Chairman/President – Colorado Sports Hall of Fame
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Co-Chair, Creditors' Committee – U.S. Bankruptcy Court (In re: 1031 Tax Group, Southern District of New York)
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Licensed Colorado Attorney & Real Estate Broker
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Professional Speaker – Negotiation Strategies
Get in Touch
288 Clayton Street, Suite 205
Denver, Colorado. 80206
John [at] orbitalproperties.co
720-320-4326