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Quantifying the Benefits of Hosted Payloads

Oct 29, 2012 (SPX)

Last month I was a presenter at the Hosted Payload Summit in Washington, DC. Part of my presentation included an analysis conducted by the Avascent Group that q...

Antitrust Clearance for Sale of SSL Received by Loral and MDA

Oct 29, 2012 (SPX)

Loral Space and Communications Inc. has announced that Loral and MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) have received notice from the Department of Just...

All the news that's fit to beam

Oct 22, 2012 (ESA)

Flooding in the UK. Forest fires in Spain. Headlines bombard us every day. As fast as we can pick up our smartphones or log on to our computers, we want the new...

Space Systems Loral-Built Satellite for Echostar Delivered to Baikonur Launch Base

Oct 19, 2012 (SPX)

Space Systems/Loral has announced that the EchoStar XVI satellite, designed and built for EchoStar Corporation, has arrived at the Baikonur Space Center in Kaza...

Join Europe's space conversation

Oct 17, 2012 (ESA)

Think you know how space affects you each day? You might - but you might not. Explore Down2Earth, ESA's new online challenge, and join Europe's space conversati...

New WTA Report Explores Reported Problems with Occasional-Use Satellite Access

Oct 16, 2012 (SPX)

The World Teleport Association has released a new report, Delays in Occasional-Use Satellite Access. The report details results of a WTA investigation into prob...

Eutelsat selects Thales Alenia Space to build the EUTELSAT 8 West

Oct 15, 2012 (SPX)

Satellite broadcasting in the Middle East and North Africa will soon be gaining powerful new broadcasting resources following an order announced Sunday by Eutel...

UK Space Agency issues 'Size and Health of the UK Space Sector

Oct 15, 2012 (SPX)

The Minister for Universities and Science, David Willetts, has announced the release of the UK Space Agency's latest report on the progress of the UK space indu...

Intelsat Accepts 2nd On-Orbit Boeing 702MP Satellite

Oct 12, 2012 (SPX)

Intelsat S.A. has accepted its second Boeing 702MP (Medium Power) satellite, Intelsat 21, which was launched Aug. 18 and is enhancing Intelsat's broadcast and c...

Space Systems Loral Selected to Provide Direct Broadcast Satellite to DISH Network

Oct 10, 2012 (SPX)

Space Systems/Loral, the world's leading provider of high-power commercial satellites, has announced that it was selected to provide a direct broadcast satellit...

Avanti's Hylas 2 Satellite Service Live

Oct 10, 2012 (SPX)

Avanti Communications reports that its Ka-band satellite HYLAS 2 is now fully operational with all beams fully functioning and - for the first time - providing ...

SES Contracts Boeing To Manufacture SES-9 Satellite For Asia

Oct 10, 2012 (SPX)

SES S.A. and Boeing announced today that SES has selected Boeing to build a new communication satellite, SES-9, to serve the fast growing markets in Asia. The n...

AsiaSat Disposes of its Entire Interest in SpeedCast Holdings Limited

Sep 27, 2012 (SPX)

Asia's leading satellite operator, Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat) has signed an agreement with SpeedCast Acquisitions Limited for t...

Loral and MDA Receive Approval for SS/L Sale From the Committee on Foreign Investment in US

Sep 26, 2012 (SPX)

Loral Space and Communications has announced that Loral and MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) were notified recently by the Committee on Foreign In...

Astrium - double prime contractor for Astra 2F satellite launch

Sep 26, 2012 (ESA)

Astrium, Europe's leading space technology company, is prime contractor for both the Ariane 5 launcher and the Astra 2F satellite scheduled for launch from the ...

Vietnam launches construction of national satellite center

Sep 26, 2012 (XNA)

A groundbreaking ceremony for construction of the Vietnam Satellite Center was held at Hoa Lac High-tech Park in Vietnam's capital Hanoi on Wednesday. The cente...

BSkyB keeps licence but James Murdoch criticised

Sep 20, 2012 (AFP)

Britain's media regulator on Thursday allowed pay-TV giant BSkyB to keep broadcasting, but blasted former boss James Murdoch for failing to uncover the hacking ...

Nicaragua negotiating satellite purchase with China

Sep 14, 2012 (AFP)

Nicaragua is in negotiations with China to purchase a $300 million satellite, which the Central American country hopes to launch into orbit by 2016, officials s...

Going underground

Sep 14, 2012 (ESA)

ESA's CAVES training programme began its second phase last Friday as six astronauts ventured into the Sardinian caves in Italy that are their home this week. CA...

ESA and European Investment Bank launch Space for Mediterranean Countries Initiative

Sep 14, 2012 (ESA)

ESA Director General Jean-Jacques Dordain and EIB Vice President Philippe de Fontaine Vive Curtaz has signed the Space for Mediterranean Countries Initiative ag...