Intelsat’s IS-29e mid-Atlantic satellite is dead and has been declared a total loss. The satellite is not insured. A special Failure Review Board will attempt to determine what went wrong with the expensive (around $400 million) Boeing-built craft on April 7th, and will also compare possible similar problems with those that affected a previous Intelsat […]
Spanish pay-TV has maintained strong growth with 6.8 million pay-TV subscribers at the end of 2018, according to the latest data from CNMC. In the last quarter of 2018, pay-TV services gained 87,000 customers on the previous quarter. Some 91.8 per cent of all pay-TV subscribers are subscribed to a convergent package. In terms of […]
SpaceX lost a core rocket on April 15th. The rocket fell overboard from its floating drone barge in rough Atlantic seas off Florida. The rocket had formed the central portion of a 3-rocket assembly which launched Arabsat 6A last week, and had landed on the barge in a textbook operation. The two side boosters, themselves […]
There’s now compelling evidence that Intelsat’s mid-Atlantic IS-29e satellite suffered a major problem. Intelsat has already recognised it suffered a service outage on the craft and shifted clients to other nearby satellites. On April 7th the satellite suffered a leak of propellant, and the following day Intelsat’s ground engineers continued in their attempt to restore […]
A report from investment banker Berenberg on Eutelsat, and especially relevant given the volatile treatment the market has given to key satellite stocks this past week or so, delivers a positive overview of the operator’s prospects. Berenberg believes that the current perception of Eutelsat is that it faces the same structural issues as listed peers […]
Intelsat has said that the problems with Intelsat’s important mid-Atlantic IS-29a satellite, now spinning through the orbital arc, occurred as the result of two distinct events. As reported on April 10th, the first problem happened last week on April 7th and while the problem has yet to be specified by Intelsat resulted in damage and […]
Arabsat 6A finally launched from Cape Canaveral on the evening of April 11th. It was all smiles following the flawless lift-off of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket complete with its 6460 kgs (13200 lbs) cargo. SpaceX staff and engineers were thrilled that each of 3 key rocket elements (the core rocket and two side boosters) […]
Intelsat could have lost one of its latest satellites, IS-29e, with early reports saying it may have suffered a fuel leak. The satellite is barely three years old, and operated from mid-Atlantic 50 degrees West position providing a bridge over the North Atlantic, and serving the Americas with Ku-band traffic and with significant Ka-band spot […]
SpaceX was forced to again delay the launch of Arabsat 6a because of bad weather at Cape Canaveral. The new launch date is now a hoped-for April 11th in the late afternoon local time. The launch window opens at 6.30pm EST. The Florida launch site suffered dangerously high winds. A Falcon Heavy rocket will launch […]
A report from equity analysts at Deutsche Bank makes worrying reading for Eutelsat. The bank warns investors to “prepare for Eutelsat guidance cut” and has downgraded its advice to clients to ‘SELL’ . The bank says that its conclusion is based on the likelihood that Eutelsat would have to adjust its guidance downward for this fiscal […]