Aerospace company Boeing has introduced what it describes as a “micro-Geostationary” satellite platform. Boeing is working with its subsidiary Millennium Space Systems combining advanced payloads and faster production. In Satellite engineering, the new concept targets flexible, mid-sized satellite missions. The concept supports faster delivery and includes a new satellite option for missions that need more […]
Hughes Network Systems, an EchoStar company, has announced that Air India has selected the Hughes In-Flight connectivity solution to deliver a consistent Wi-Fi experience using a common connectivity platform across its mixed widebody fleet. Hughes will leverage Airbus HBCplus for A350-1000 aircraft and the RAVE Aerospace solution for Boeing 787-8 and Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. The current […]
Boeing has delivered a giant ViaSat- satellite, the third in a series (VS-3 F3) that it has built for Viasat, to Florida ready for launch. The satellite is built on Boeing’s 702MP+ platform and will provide connectivity across the Asia-Pacific region. “ViaSat-3 F3 reflects the strength of Boeing’s 702 family and our long-standing partnership with […]
WestJet is celebrating a sky-high milestone: 100 of its 737 aircraft now offer WestJet Wi-Fi presented by TELUS. That’s right — WestJet now leads the pack with the world’s largest fleet of 737 Starlink-equipped aircraft, a feat no other airline in the world has achieved among its mainline fleet. “We’re entering a new era of […]
The latest pair of O3b mPOWER satellites was successfully launched into space by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, United States, at 5:12 pm local time, SES announced July 22nd. These two new satellites enhance global coverage and bring incremental capacity to scale up services provided by SES’s […]
Weather permitting, SpaceX will launch two O3b mPOWER satellites today (July 21st) for SES. The Boeing-built satellites are number 9 and 10 in the mPOWER fleet. SpaceX is using a ‘flight proven’ booster stage which will be the sixth flight for the rocket. The O3b satellites are high-throughput and very adaptable craft which feature Boeing’s […]
Boeing has delivered two O3b mPOWER satellites to SES. The pair will be the ninth and tenth members of the O3b mPOWER fleet. The satellites, which feature Boeing’s fully software-defined payload technology to actively allot power to meet user needs, are now en route to Kennedy Space Center, Florida. for a planned launch this summer. […]
There are reports out of Indonesia that its Nusantara Lima (N5) high-throughput satellite, due to be launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket this winter, could be delayed because of the break-up of Intelsat’s i-33e craft on October 21st. Boeing built the Intelsat satellite and the Indonesian craft has a near-identical specification and uses the […]
The catastrophic failure of Intelsat’s I-33e satellites on October 19th is now known to have created a debris field of at least 40 different pieces. The craft is a total loss, says Intelsat and the company has asked the FCC for permission to use three nearby satellites (two owned by SES and the other by […]
The high-flying geostationary satellite business is in the doldrums. Worse, Boeing Satellite Systems, which with its then popular 701 and 702 models (developed from its acquisition of Hughes Electronics back in 2000), once played a vital part of many major satellite operator’s fleets. However, in 2023 – according to Marc-Henri Serre SVP at Thales Alenia […]