Days after SES announced its groundbreaking deal with Microsoft, Via Satellite caught up with SES CEO Steve Collar at the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) 2019 in Amsterdam. Collar had spoken on a panel with the CEOs of Intelsat, Telesat, Eutelsat, and Viasat at World Satellite Business Week (WSBW) about a number of issues ranging from…

Inmarsat signed a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) for phase two of the Iris air traffic modernization program, which will include flight trials across Europe to assess the service in a real operational environment. Iris is being developed to deliver satellite-based datalink communications over Europe. The program contributes to the delivery of the…

SES revealed that Over-the-Top (OTT) platform Kartina TV will be broadcasting Russian-language TV channels across Western Europe. The content, which soon will be available on a new Free-to-View (FTV) encrypted Direct-to-Home (DTH) platform on ASTRA 1N satellite at 19.2 degrees East, will continue to be available over IP networks. As a pay TV operator in…

The detailed definition of the design of Europe’s new Ariane 6 launcher was validated at the closing meeting of the Critical Design Review (CDR) held in Paris on September 25, which brought together the project management teams from the European Space Agency (ESA), French space agency CNES, Arianespace, and ArianeGroup. This step marks the end…