SES is mounting an appeal in its battle to win 50 per cent of the FCC’s C-band incentive payments. On September 30th the US Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Richmond Division, disallowed the SES motion which – in effect – meant that Intelsat could hold onto its FCC payments. SES Americom, the […]
Intelsat, the satellite and terrestrial network, has signed a multi-year and multi-transponder deal with Televisa to continue TV programming distribution to viewers in Latin America. Televisa will be utilising transponders across three satellites, Intelsat 34 (IS-34), Galaxy 16 (G-16), and Galaxy 19 (G-19), to provide TV programming to regional viewers. “This renewal builds on the […]
SpaceX successfully launched two satellites for Intelsat on October 7th from Cape Canaveral. The pair will help provide C-band transmissions to cable head-ends throughout the US. Galaxy 33 and 34 were both carried within the Falcon 9’s fairing. The Falcon 9 booster was used for the 14th time, and tying for the joint record for […]
On October 4th, a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas-5 Centaur rocket placed two SES C-band satellites (SES-20 and SES-21) into orbit. On October 5th, SpaceX performed a similar task for two Intelsat satellites. The moves are part of an essential replacement of C-band frequencies over the US for the FCC to use by cellular operators […]
SpaceX launched four NASA astronauts to the international space station on October 5th from Cape Canaveral. A few hours later, from the Vandenberg Space Force base in California, another Falcon 9 rocket lofted 52 Starlink satellites into orbit. Both rocket boosters made pinpoint landings on their floating barges a few minutes after launch. The Starlink […]
United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully launched two SES satellites into their geosynchronous transfer orbits on October 4th from their Cape Canaveral launch site. ULA used a massive Atlas-V Centaur rocket to carry its two craft. SES-20 and SES-21 are both Boeing-built all-electric craft and will be used to supply C-band television transmissions to cable and […]
Intelsat is planning a satellite launch October 6th from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Galaxy 33 and Galaxy 34 are geosynchronous communications satellites that will ensure service continuity to Intelsat’s North American customers as part of Intelsat’s Galaxy fleet refresh plan. Galaxy 33 will be the replacement satellite at 133 degrees west once it […]
SpaceX scrubbed a planned launch of 52 of its Starlink satellites (Mission 4-29) to its orbital fleet in a launch from Vandenburg. Originally scheduled for October 4th,there is now some uncertainty given the busy schedule that SpaceX has this week. At press time, it is hoped to get the launch away later today (October 4th) […]
A Virginia bankruptcy court has ruled (“disallowed”) the action by SES against Intelsat for a 50 per cent share of the FCC’s C-band incentive payments. The Court has allowed SES to appeal the decision if it so wishes. SES says it is disappointed with the ruling. “It is reviewing with outside counsel its options to […]
On September 28th, we reported that a California judge cleared Intelsat’s pre-bankruptcy major shareholders of a Class Action insider trading allegations. Our report was accurate, but Judge Jeffrey White, from the US District Court for the Northern District of California, left a potential sting in the tail of his ruling. The judge said that while […]