Satellite News

Telesat Holdings Inc. announced the appointment of Michel Cayouette as the company’s Chief Financial Officer.

SES Astra announced the creation of a new company, Astra Broadband Services (ABBS), bundling its broadband activities.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to increase the financing of the Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS) by another RUB67 billion (EUR1.8 billion, US$ 2.6 billion).

Ellipso was the name of one of the many broadband satellite constellations planned in the second half of the 90s. The plan collapsed, as most others, but Ellipso, Inc. still exists — and has now asked its patent counsel to investigate potential patent infringements by O3b Networks Limited.

The Sea Launch vessels have departed Sea Launch Home Port and are now on their way to the Equator for the launch of Intelsat’s Galaxy 19 satellite, on 23 September.