Author: Staff Writer

Your Next Issue: January 3

In observance of the holiday season, Satellite News will not publish on December 27. The next issue will be dated January 3, 2005. The staff at Satellite News would like...

China Telecom To Lease Weida Satellite Links

Weida Communications Inc. today said Guangzhou Weida Communications Technology Co. Ltd. (which Weida has control of and a majority profit-sharing interest in) has entered into an agreement with China Telecom,...

Ariane 5 Launch Gets Final Thumbs Up

Arianespace officials gave their final approval for the Dec. 18 mission that will launch the French Helios 2A military reconnaissance satellite on an Ariane 5 rocket. The rocket also is...

SES Global General Counsel To Leave

SES Global general counsel Roland Jaeger has resigned after spending the last nine years with the company. Jaeger is joining Luxembourg law firm Arendt & Medernach. Jaeger became the general...

AMC-16 Successfully Launched

International Launch Services said today that it has successfully launched the Lockheed Martin-built AMC-16 satellite for SES Americom. The satellite was launched from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in...