Focus: Telecom

[Satellite News 07-10-12] Sky Perfect JSAT is now ready to commence service on the Lockheed Martin-built JCSAT-13 telecommunications satellite at 124 degrees East following successful on-orbit deployment and checkout of...

[Satellite TODAY 07-10-12] International Launch Services (ILS) has successfully launched SES’ telecoms satellite SES-5 into orbit onboard a Russian Proton-M rocket from the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan after a...

[Satellite TODAY 07-10-12] The Armenian government is planning to order a commercial communications satellite from Russia under the terms of a memorandum of understanding signed July 9, according to a...

[Satellite TODAY 07-10-12] African satellite network operator Nigerian Communications Satellite Ltd. (NigComSat) has purchased a new Series 15100 Universal Satellite hub from iDirect and will deploy an Evolution-based service in...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 07-09-12] Arianespace has successfully launched the EchoStar 17 satellite into geostationary transfer on an Ariane 5 rocket for Hughes Network Systems, kicking off the company’s Ka-band-powered fourth-generation...

[Satellite TODAY 07-09-12] Com Dev has been awarded contracts from Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) worth more than $10 million to deliver Ka-band microwave components and assemblies to the satellite manufacturer, Com...

[Satellite TODAY 07-09-12] Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) will launch the ExactView-1 Automatic Identification System (AIS) satellite July 22 on a Soyuz launch vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan,...

[Satellite TODAY 07-09-12] Greek satellite operator HellasSat has reached an agreement with the government of Cyprus to acquire rights to the 39 degrees East orbital slot for an additional 20...

[Satellite News 07-09-12] Boeing Satellite Systems International (BSSI) created a stir this past March at SATELLITE 2012 when it announced that it had sold 702SP electric propulsion satellites to Asia...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 07-06-12] Vietnam’s second telecommunications satellite, Vinasat-2, has completed on-orbit deployment and checkout of all spacecraft systems and is ready to commence service, the satellite’s state-owned operator Vietnam...