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[12-14-07 – Satellite News] Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications Company (Thuraya) now hopes to see its Thuraya-3 satellite launched before the end of January. The launch of the satellite had been scheduled...

[11-15-07 – Satellite Today] The Ariane 5 rocket placed the SkyNet 5B and Star One C1 satellites into orbit, Arianespace announced Nov. 14.     SkyNet 5B, built by Astrium Services,...

Fixed satellite services (FSS) companies abandoned some traditional forms of satellite insurance in the early 2000s due to high premiums and insurance rates, relying instead on self-insurance through the use...

The September failure of an International Launch Services (ILS) Proton rocket is the latest incident that has led to a tightening of capacity in the launch services market. The Proton...

[11-01-07 – Satellite Today] SatelliteTODAY.com, the Internet’s leading source for business news, market research and competitive analysis for the global satellite enabled communications market, has created a special web-exclusive editorial...

[10-31-07 – Satellite Today] SatelliteTODAY.com, the Internet’s leading source for business news, market research and competitive analysis for the global satellite enabled communications market, has created a special web-exclusive editorial...

[09-06-07 –  Satellite News] JSAT Corp. has ordered another satellite to replace its JCSAT-11, which was destroyed in a Sept. 6 failure of a Proton rocket, JSAT said. The satellite...

Boeing, Lockheed Martin Teams Lodge TSAT Production Proposals Teams from each Boeing and Lockheed Martin with their respective industrial partners have lodged proposals to the U.S. Air Force for the...

If Sea Launch suffered like a wallflower through last month’s Paris Air Show while fellow launch providers Arianespace and International Launch Services (ILS) took turns announcing contractual pas de deux...

The fallout from a few fateful seconds on Jan. 30 has taken several months to repair, but Sea Launch has now found itself preparing for an October return to flight...