Shorts International, the short movie entertainment company and operator of the ShortsTV channel, has announced the launch of ShortsTV in India with Tata Sky, the country’s largest content distribution platform. The launch of ShortsTV’s Indian network marks a strategic move by Shorts International into one of the world’s biggest markets for short film entertainment content, […]
The UK’s first ‘spaceport’, planned for a coastal location in the Scottish highlands in north Sutherland is at risk because of local objectors. The £45 million plan on the A’Mhoine Peninsula is home to just 150 people and has been chosen by the UK’s Space Agency as the launch site to place smallish satellites into […]
HallasSat-4, owned by Arabsat, will launch on January 23rd, weather permitting, on an Ariane 5 rocket (Flight 247) from Kourou in French Guiana. The satellite itself is a so-called ‘condominium’ joint-enterprise craft with a portion of its payload carrying the Saudi Arabia-controlled ‘Saudi GeoSat-1’ and supplied by the King Abdul Aziz City for Science & […]
A multi-million-pound deal by satellite operator Eutelsat Communications and aerospace manufacturer Airbus Defence and Space for two new communication satellites will see components and major parts assembled in the UK before final assembly is completed in Toulouse, France. The deal is seen as a huge vote of confidence in the UK expertise in the space […]
Confirming the news that UK interests are to play a significant role in their construction, aeronautics specialist Airbus has been selected by satellite operator Eutelsat to build two HOTBIRD new-generation telecommunication satellites that will replace the current spacecraft and enhance capacity at Eutelsat’s premium broadcasting position 13° East. The two satellites will deliver improved performances […]
Elon Musk, head of SpaceX, said in a Tweet that “SpaceX is no longer planning to upgrade Falcon 9 second stage for reusability”. Instead, he said SpaceX would be focusing on accelerating the design and build of the significantly larger ‘BFR’ (Big Falcon Rocket) which was “very exciting” and “delightfully counter intuitive”. Falcon 9 will […]
SpaceX successfully launched the Es’hail-2 satellite for its Qatar customers on November 15th. A few minutes after launch, SpaceX landed the Falcon 9 rocket’s first stage onto its floating barge. The two-stage Falcon 9 lifted off at 3:46 p.m. EST (20.46 GMT) from its 39A launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. About […]
SES, with Telekom Srbija, is setting up a DTH service for Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro from 23.5 degrees East. SES says that Serbia’s main telecommunication operator has signed a multi-year and multi-transponder contract for service on its Astra satellite to launch Telekom Srbija’s new DTH platform which will start broadcasting in all three […]
Arabsat has agreed a MoU with RigNet to provide data protection across its MENA satellite network. In the agreement RigNet and Arabsat will target the immediate and growing cybersecurity threat of satellite eavesdropping and network data breaches. Arabsat will begin offering RigNet’s CyphreLink to provide military-grade encryption for location to location communications over satellite and […]
Third-quarter results for US multichannel video subscriptions cut short a brief wave of optimism for the sector, according to Kagan, a media research group within S&P Global Market Intelligence. Accelerating losses from satellite providers and weakening net adds from Sling TV and DirecTV Now virtual multichannel alternatives drove the overall decline. Combined, the cable, direct […]