A note to investors from investment bank Exane/BNPP says the pace of change in the satellite industry is accelerating at unprecedented levels. Specifically addressing the high-profile comments made at an event in Australia last week by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, Exane says: “Beyond the buzz around flying to Mars in 2022 or from New York […]
A major report from Sami Kassab, the specialist equity analyst at investment bank Exane-BNP/Paribas, highlights the fact that satellites in general are now entering what Kassab describes as “new space”, and with the “pace of innovation in satellite technology accelerating to unprecedented levels. This will enable further capex efficiency gains, supporting Free Cashflow generation. On […]
There are already various space projects designed to rescue orbital satellites, not least Orbital ATK’s Mission Extension Vehicle which has booked a launch on an International Launch Services (ILS) Proton rocket next year. Other projects, from NASA’s DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) and Canada’s MDA also include ‘rescue tugs’. SES of Luxembourg has contracted […]
Arianespace achieved a double success on September 29th. The launch was the rocket company’s 81st success without interruption in a row. The two satellites launched into geostationary transfer orbits were Intelsat’s important 37e (‘Epic’) craft, and Japan’s BSAT-4a. These two were originally due for launch back on September 5th but a last-minute glitch meant a […]
Satellite operator SES says it has concluded a multi-year capacity extension agreement with Sky Deutschland. “Under the agreement announced by SES, Sky Deutschland has renewed seven transponders at the prime orbital position of 19.2 degrees East to deliver its video content to millions of households and subscribers,” says SES. The orbital position of 19.2 degrees […]
AsiaSat has announced the successful lift-off of AsiaSat 9, the company’s most powerful and advanced communications satellite. It is the fifth AsiaSat satellite built by SSL and the fifth launch collaboration with ILS’s Proton Breeze M rocket. AsiaSat acquired the first signals from the satellite in Hong Kong 7 hours, 54 minutes after the launch, […]
The pay-TV market in US fell to 0.1 per cent to reach 100.2 million subscribers in the second quarter of 2017 compared to the previous quarter. However, linear OTT pay-TV continue to add subscribers (+49.6 per cent with 4.4 million subscribers) and thus contribute to the prevention of the global trend of market erosion that […]
Tonight (September 28th), subject to the usual weather conditions, a massive AsiaSat craft will be orbited by Russian Proton rocket. AsiaSat-9 will be the largest satellite in the fleet. This next generation satellite, based on the Space Systems/Loral 1300 platform, is designed to replace AsiaSat 4 and to provide multiple C-, Ku- and Ka-Band payloads […]
Satellite operator SES says it expects to see its SES-11 joint-venture ‘condominium’ satellite launched on October 7th by SpaceX. SES’s satellite partner is EchoStar 105, and the two operators are sharing the same craft which will operate at 105 degrees West. SpaceX will take care of the launch from its Pad 39A at the giant […]
The Canal + Group is partnering with Apple to offer 4K Ultra HD content on the Apple TV 4K with: Live events: the best match of every day of Ligue 1 with a new experience 4K Ultra HD Original Canal + productions in 4K Ultra HD A selection of films, series, documentaries in 4K Ultra […]