SES is holding its annual ‘Industry Days’ event at its Luxembourg HQ and is using the event to showcase how satellite can handle 8K content. SES says this is the first-ever demo of 8K-by-satellite being transmitted directly to an 82” flat-screen 8K set (from Samsung) with a built-in satellite receiver capable of decoding the signal. […]
Elon Musk tweeted pictures on May 11th of his first batch of ‘Starlink’ satellites squeezed into its rocket’s fairing ahead of a planned launch on Tuesday or Wednesday, depending on conditions. Musk admitted they were a “tight fit” which is something of an understatement. Musk said that there were plenty of things which could go […]
Turksat officials, speaking at the Washington Satellite 2019 show, say that their latest satellite, Turksat 5A will be orbited next year, and no later than Q2 although a few months later than originally expected. The satellite is under construction by Airbus Defense & Space, and will be launched by SpaceX. Türksat General Manager Cenk Şen […]
London-based Avanti Communications has signed a three-year bandwidth contract with Turksat covering 1.8 GHz of overall capacity on its Hylas 2 satellite. Avanti says that Turksat has an option to extend the contract for a further year. “We are delighted to have been able to provide this capacity to Turksat which will cover the whole […]
Arianespace has started building the first of a batch of 14 of its new Ariane-6 series of rockets. The news was delivered at the Satellite 2019 show in Washington, with Ariane saying that production of this initial batch maintains their anticipated readiness for launches in the 2021-2023 time-frame. These new versions will fly alongside existing […]
LeoSat Enterprises used the Washington Satellite 2019 show to confirm that it has now signed more than $2 billion-worth of business ahead of the launch of its first satellite. “Whilst the list of companies launching ‘build it and they will come’ mega satellite constellations continues to grow, we believe that our commercial agreements valued at […]
Measat has ordered a new satellite, Measat-3d which it says will progressively replace two existing orbital craft in its fleet at 91.5 degrees East. The news was released at the Satellite 2019 show in Washington DC. The order goes to Airbus Defense & Space and it should orbit in 2021 with a lifetime of at […]
Pakistan’s PEMRA media regulator has auctioned 70 new licenses for satellite DTH channels. PEMRA says it had offered capacity for 70 satellite TV licenses in seven categories – eight in News & Current Affairs, 27 in Entertainment, five in Sports, two in Agriculture, 12 in Regional Languages, four in Health and 12 in Education genres. […]
A crucial stage has been completed in the production of Eutelsat Communications’ high-power broadcast satellite, Eutelsat 7C, serving markets across Africa, Europe, Middle East and Turkey. As part of the environmental testing completed in early February 2019, the all-electric Eutelsat 7C, manufactured by Maxar Technologies, was subjected to conditions simulating the launch and harsh space […]
French PSB France Télévisions is to stream more than 100 hours live in 8K over 5G, in association with Orange during the upcoming Roland-Garros tennis open (May 26th-June 9th). Images will be transmitted from the Philippe-Chatrier centre court and the 8K UHD live premiere will be tested in partnership with industry majors from the USA, […]