Israel-based satellite operator Spacecom says it has been awarded a $10 million (€8.76m) payment from Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) because of the late delivery of the troubled AMOS-6 satellite. AMOS-6 was subsequently lost in a catastrophic ground explosion in September 2016 while aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Spacecom, in a note to the Tel […]
Ottawa-based Telesat says that its latest giant craft, its Telstar 19 Vantage, is already 50 per cent full. SpaceX launched the satellite on July 22nd. The news emerged during the satellite operators quarterly results, with CEO Dan Goldberg saying that two major orders from Hughes Network Services and Bell Canada Northwestel division (which is using […]
Arqiva, a major facilities, playout and satellite teleport operator, is exiting its playout business. The company says it will be ‘business as usual’ for the near-future, but following a review of its Satellite & Media division, says it will not be renewing existing contracts with customers. “We will gradually seek to exit playout and reposition […]
The C-band Alliance (formed by Intelsat, SES, Eutelsat and Telesat) is stressing that its proposed restructuring of C-band frequencies for 5G usage over the US will not exceed 180 MHz (plus a 20 MHz guard band) in the proposed speedy time-frame of 18-36 months. The consortium’s previous discussions with the FCC had offered 100 MHz […]
Elon Musk’s Falcon ‘Heavy’ rocket (in essence a Falcon 9 with two additional strap-on boosters) first flew in February 2018 with a maiden flight from Cape Canaveral. That rocket carried a Tesla ‘Roadster’ into space. The reusable Falcon Heavy is currently the world’s most powerful rocket in terms of payload capacity. Unconfirmed reports say that […]
According to US pay-TV services DISH and Sling TV, AT&T has made what they describe as an “unprecedented” move to pull HBO and Cinemax content from their subscribers, after making “untenable” demands designed specifically to harm customers, particularly those in rural areas, as well as damage competing pay-TV providers. They say that despite an opposing […]
Arianespace says it is not affected by the loss last month of the Soyuz-MS10 launch incident, which resulted in two crew members having to be returned to Earth after the emergency. Arianespace has confirmed its next launch with a Soyuz rocket will take place next week on November 7th, for a scientific mission (with a […]
Eutelsat unveiled its Q1 results (to September 30th) and warned of slower progress for the rest of its fiscal year. The results were issued after the market closed on October 30th. As the market opened on October 31st, its share price crashed 12.37 per cent to €18.34. The revenue news was generally bad, and given […]
A Chinese privately built rocket and its satellite cargo has been confirmed lost. The launch took place on October 27th and at first all seemed well as the Zhuque-1 rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan Launch Centre in North-west China at 4pm local time. The rocket was carrying was a small satellite (Weila-1/”Future”) for China’s […]
SES saw its Video division revenues continue to be under pressure and fell back to -2.8 per cent, although its Networks segment grew impressively by 13.6 per cent in the nine months to September 30th. Its Q3 2018 underlying revenue of €317.5 million was 3.8 per cent lower (year-on-year) at constant FX. Video distribution revenues […]