SpaceX launched 51 Starlink broadband satellites (Mission 2-4) from the California Vandenberg Space Force Base on January 19th. The launch had been delayed since November for technical and weather-related reasons as well as other launches taking place in Florida. The launch was a ‘first’ for an all-new booster for the Falcon 9 rocket. The booster […]
India’s Space Research Organisation (ISRO) wants to build a rocket and satellite tracking station on one of the islands of Fiji. In particular, and in reports timed to coincide with ISRO’s International Science Festival in Bhopal, India has completed a technical survey in readiness for an upcoming scientific satellite launch (Adita-L11, which is a solar […]
OneWeb signed an agreement in September 2021 for an aggregate insured value for its satellites and launch activity of more than $1 billion and has extended its relationship with insurance giant Marsh for its remaining 2023 launches. The upcoming launches are being handled by SpaceX and India’s NewSpace, part of ISRO. In December 2022 OneWeb […]
Eutelsat has decommissioned its 5WA satellite. The craft, designed for a 15-year mission, actually lasted more than 20 years. Launched in 2002, it has now been repositioned to a high ‘graveyard’ orbit some 400 kms higher than the usual geostationary arc which is the normal position for giant communications satellites. Eutelsat described the long lifetime […]
Elon Musk’s Starlink is expected to launch 3-4 batches of its broadband satellites per month throughout 2023. Each batch will be of about 50 satellites, unless Musk achieves success with SpaceX’s massive Starship rocket when the number carried could approach 350-400 per launch. A forecast from ABI Research says that SpaceX’s existing 3,500+ satellites in […]
Built by Thales-Alenia Space, Hispasat’s Amazonas Nexus satellite is ready at Cape Canaveral for launch. The satellite left Nice Airport on the Cote d’Azur having been delivered from Thales’ facility at Cannes. SpaceX will be handling the launch currently scheduled for February 1st. Amazonas Nexus is a 4500 kgs satellite and the launch will place […]
Switzerland’s fast-growing aerospace company and a manufacturer of advanced satellite payloads and systems, has confirmed that the HummingSat Partnership Project with the European Space Agency (ESA) is moving forward in the roll-out of the HummingSat satellite product line thanks to fresh subscriptions in excess of €30 million received at the ESA Ministerial Conference Meeting at […]
Intelsat is making a concerted commitment to enhancing day-to-day network quality and helping African communications service providers (CSPs) deliver secure and affordable connectivity across the continent. “Satellite communications providers (CSPs) have historically rushed to the rescue in the aftermath of a natural or manmade calamity that rendered a local terrestrial network unavailable. Today, Intelsat is […]
Aircraft ‘fractional ownership’ airline Jet IT has selected Gogo Business Aviation’s latest system for its fleet of HondaJets, Gulfstream G150s and new Embraer Phenom 300 aircraft. The aircraft will be equipped with Gogo’s AVANCE L3 system on its fleet of 26 planes. AVANCE L3 comes equipped with Gogo Vision 360 which provides unlimited streaming of […]
Hellas Sat, owned by Arabsat, and Orange Romania together with Orange Romania Communications have strengthened their strategic cooperation through a multi-year agreement in order to complete the DTH merger of Orange Romania and Orange Romania Communications TV package and offers. From the strategic orbital position of 39° East and ground facilities in Greece and Cyprus, […]