by David Todd | Oct 9, 2019 | Launches, Satellites, Technology
A Proton M/Briz M vehicle was launched at 1017 GMT on 9 October from Baikonur Cosmodrome near Tyuratam in Kazakhstan. The vehicle was carrying two satellite payloads into a super-synchronous transfer orbit on their way to the geostationary arc. While the apogee of a...
by Matt Wilson | Aug 7, 2019 | commercial launch services, ESA, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News
At 1930 GMT, on 6 August 2019, an Arianespace Ariane 5 heavy-lift rocket lifted-off from Kourou, French Guiana, carrying two communications satellites to a Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO) drop-off point. This marks the third Ariane 5 launch of the year and it...
by David Todd | Sep 26, 2018 | commercial launch services, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News
“Arianespace is delighted to announce that Horizons 3e and Azerspace 2/Intelsat 38 have been separated as planned in their targeted geostationary transfer orbit. For Ariane 5 mission No. 100, our heavyweight launcher has once more performed flawlessly....
by David Todd | Jul 9, 2018 | History, Russia, Satellites, Seradata News
The FIFA World Cup football competition is proving to be a welcome money spinner for the big satellite operators. The APSCC newsletter reports that Eutelsat is broadcasting 5,500 hours of HDTV (High Definition television) from 11 Russian cities during the...
by David Todd | Jan 9, 2018 | Launches, Satellites, Seradata News
As part of its fleet replacement plans, the international satellite operator Intelsat has ordered the construction of the Intelsat 30 communications satellite from the satellite manufacturing arm of Orbital ATK. The three metric ton satellite, which will use a version...
