ViaSat 1 Broadband Satellite.Photo: Space Systems Loral [Via Satellite 04-30-2014] The recent decision made by the United States Court for the Southern District of California to award ViaSat $283 million in damages against Space Systems Loral (SSL) may be a long way from reaching a conclusion — both companies have taken further action. ViaSat is… READ MORE »
Canada Cancels Com Dev’s M3M Satellite Launch Over Ukraine-Crisis
An overhead view of the Canadian Space Agency, located in Saint-Hubert. Photo: Canadian Space Agency [Via Satellite 04-30-2014] Due to rising tensions with Russia after the events in Ukraine, the Canadian government has decided not to continue with the Russian Soyuz launch of Com Dev’s M3M satellite, which was scheduled for June 2014. Com Dev… READ MORE »
The May issue of Via Satellite magazine is here! We dedicate this edition to the women in the satellite industry. Usually outnumbered by men, we bring you their stories and their take on the satellite business. Additionally, we talk with industry leaders on the role of High Throughput Satellites (HTS), the tactics and strategies of U.S. defense companies and we take a look at FIFA’s plan to broadcast their World Cup to millions of viewers across the globe – with satellite playing a key role. Read it now!
SSL to Build a Satellite for Bank Rakyat Indonesia
The SSL team at BRIsat contract signing ceremony in Jakarta, Indonesia. Photo: SSL [Via Satellite 04-30-2014] Space Systems/Loral (SSL) has been selected to manufacture a satellite for PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI) to provide a platform for banking communications services for its more than 50 million customers in Indonesia. This satellite will mark the first… READ MORE »
Russia Dual Launches KazSat 3 and Loutch 5V Satellites
Launch of KazSat 3 and Loutch 5V on board Tsenki's Proton-M launch vehicle. Photo: Tsenki. [Via Satellite 04-30-2014] A Proton-M rocket has successfully launched the communication satellites KazSat3 and Loutch 5V from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Thales Alenia Space provided the payload for KazSat 3 to ISS-Reshetnev. Kazakhstan will operate the satellite to provide… READ MORE »
Optus 10 in SSL's Compact Antenna Test Range. Photo: SSL [Via Satellite 04-30-2014] Space Systems Loral (SSL) has successfully delivered the Optus 10 satellite, designed and built for the Australian satellite provider Optus, to the spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. Teams for both companies had completed pre-shipment reviews of the spacecraft, and the satellite is… READ MORE »
Kazakhstan’s First Earth Observation Satellite Placed into Orbit
Arianespace's Vega launch vehicle takes off with the KazEOSat-1 on board. Photo: Arianespace [Via Satellite 04-30-2014] Kazakhstan’s first Earth observation satellite, KazEOSat 1, built by Airbus Defence and Space, was successfully placed into orbit on board an Arianespace Vega launcher from the spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. KazEOSat 1 will provide Kazakhstan a variety of… READ MORE »
Iridium Completes Ground Station Infrastructure Upgrade
Artist rendition of an Iridium NEXT satellite.Photo: Iridium [Via Satellite 04-30-2014] Iridium completed an upgrade to its ground station infrastructure in preparation for the launch of its next generation satellite constellation, Iridium Next. This upgrade affected five ground stations and 21 antennas, helping with enhanced reliability, added capacity for more customers, faster re-routing of traffic,… READ MORE »
Ball Celebrates Eight Years for CALIPSO and CloudSat
Rendering of the CALIPSO Earth environmental instrument. Photo: Wikimedia Commons [Via Satellite 04-30-2014] Ball Aerospace celebrated the eighth anniversary of its on-orbit operations for the CloudSat spacecraft and Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) Earth science satellite. Ball designed and manufactured the CloudSat bus and the CALIPSO instrument, which launched in late April… READ MORE »
