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SES recently signed a launch deal with SpaceX, once again underlying its faith in the U.S.-based services provider. The operator has been busy this year, with a number of satellites being launched and its continued efforts to target growth markets in the world’s developing regions. A recent contract SES signed with GoGo also highlights the...

For the past six years, the Society of Satellite Professionals International (SSPI) has presented three young satellite professionals with its Promise Award in recognition of their potential to play a leadership role in the industry at the organization’s annual Future Leaders dinner in New York City. The award is an important part of the satellite...

Arianespace is getting set to launch key satellites for Eutelsat and Star One, as both operators target high growth verticals in developing markets. The Eutelsat 21B and Star One C3 satellites are scheduled to be launched on an Ariane 5 rocket on November 9.      Arianespace has already had five successful Ariane 5 launches...

[Satellite News 10-09-12] While SpaceX celebrated its successful launch of the Dragon spacecraft carrying parts to the International Space Station (ISS) for NASA, the company detected an anomaly on one of its Falcon 9 first-stage engines approximately one minute and 19 seconds after liftoff. The rocket was subsequently unable to perform the secondary burn needed...

[Satellite News 10-08-12] Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) took a major step forward on the long road to fulfilling its cargo resupply contract with NASA by successfully launching its Dragon spacecraft aboard a Falcon 9 rocket Sunday on the company’s first official resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS).    The SpaceX CRS-1 mission launched...

Inmarsat Deploys OnAir Service on Two Asia Pacific Airlines Japanese airline ANA will deploy Inmarsat SwiftBroadband on its international routes starting in mid-2013. Inmarsat said the Wi-Fi services, which are being provided by its distribution partner OnAir, would be available on all the airline’s international routes, particularly those to American and European destinations. The agreement...

In columns during the last four years, we have looked at the effects of the recession on the satellite and space sector. We decried bailouts of the financial services and automobile industries under the justification of being ‘too big to fail’ because of the ‘moral hazard’ those bailouts created, noting that the message sent to...

[Satellite News 08-28-12] While the second quarter is usually one of the weaker periods of the fiscal year for most satellite companies, the 2012 second quarter cultivated more than a few surprising results in a wide variety of markets. The satellite industry continues to battle macro-economical challenges: the slow pace of recovery from the recession;...

[Satellite News 08-03-12] NASA has issued $1.1 billion in contracts to private-sector aerospace companies to develop and launch rockets that will carry its next-generation manned spaceflight missions into space, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden announced Aug. 3. The winners of the massive Commercial Crew Integrated Capability (CCiCap) contract awards were: SpaceX; Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC); and...

O3b Networks is ramping up activity ahead of the launch of its first satellites next year. The company announced the launch of its new O3b Maritime service and is likely to announce a new oil and gas service, among others, in the next few months. With the launch of its first set of satellites now...