Viasat Ukraine, the largest DTH operator in Ukraine, will be providing TV reception to its subscribers using SES Video’s services on Astra 4A. Under the multi-year agreement with SES, Vision TV will be broadcasting approximately 40 pay-TV channels, out of which 13 are in HD, and about 60 free-to-air channels at 5 degrees East. SES […]
European viewers will be able to continue to follow the news on Sky News International at the prime orbital position of 19.2 degrees East following an extension agreement announced by SES. Under the agreement, Sky News International will utilise SES’s capacity on Astra 1N and related uplink services to broadcast its content to consumer and […]
International Launch Services (ILS) successfully launched Amazonas 5 on a Proton-Briz M rocket from Kazakhstan in the early hours locally on September 12th (01.23 am local time, 19.23 GMT) for Madrid-based Hispasat. The Amazonas 5 satellite, built by Space Systems/Loral, has a high throughput Ka-band payload with 34 Ka-band spot beams which will be used […]
SES has selected Arianespace to launch its high-power, high-throughput satellite SES-17 on an Ariane 5 in 2021 from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana. This was announced by SES and Arianespace in Paris today. SES-17 is a powerful satellite delivering high-speed inflight connectivity and high-powered data services over the Americas and the Atlantic […]
Israel’s Spacecom, which operates the ‘AMOS’ fleet of satellites, is suing Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) with a $138 million (€114.4m) compensation claim for its Amos-6 satellite lost in a catastrophic fire a year ago when the satellite was atop a SpaceX rocket being fueled. In an announcement to the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange and the […]
Intelsat CEO Steve Spengler sat down with journalists from Luxemburger Wort newspaper ahead of Intelsat’s board meeting in the country on September 9th In the interview, he admitted that the satellite operator was having a “challenging” year, not helped by the aborted last-minute launch by an Arianespace rocket of its Intelsat 37e satellite on September […]
EchoStar III, considered lost and dangerously drifting in July when it was being relocated to another orbital position, has been recovered. The satellite suffered an unknown anomaly, some 20 years after its 1997 launch, during the procedure to move it from its 87.2 degrees West position and was drifting at 0.1 degrees per day. Such […]
Polish broadcasting group Cyfrowy Polsat has signed a long-term contract with Paris-based Eutelsat for the lease of multiple transponders. The deal covers the extension of existing contracted capacity and expansion of bandwidth at Eutelsat’s ‘Hotbird’ video position. This new contract consolidates a collaboration that began in 1992 with the launch of Polsat, Poland’s first commercial […]
London-based satellite operator Inmarsat saw millions wiped off its share price on September 5th after a highly negative equity report from investment bank Numis. Numis delivered a “SELL” note to its clients, saying there were many reasons to be cautious about Inmarsat’s future revenue and profit margin prospects. Numis said it didn’t contest management’s view […]
During the final seconds prior to a launch from French Guiana an “anomaly” was detected, and the launch was interrupted and subsequently postponed. The planned launch was scheduled for late-afternoon on September 5th. “The Ariane 5 and its Intelsat 37e and BSAT-4a payloads immediately switched to a safe mode. Analysis of data is underway to […]