Satellite News

International Launch Services (ILS) announced a Multi-Launch Agreement with Intelsat for five ILS Proton missions through 2023 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

China is preparing to launch a new-generation quick-response rocket in 2016 to seize more of the international commercial launch market, Chinese state media reported.

Sierra Nevada Corporation’s (SNC) wholly-owned subsidiary Orbital Technologies Corporation (ORBITEC) recently completed successful testing and demonstration of three different propellant combinations for its existing 134-kN (30,000-lbf) thrust vortex rocket engine.

Thales Alenia Space announced that it has signed a contract with BTRC, (Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission) to build the telecommunications satellite, Bangabandhu, winning the contract against an international field of competitors.

Telesat announced its plans to procure a new satellite with two high throughput payloads, one in Ku-band and the other in Ka-band.

An agreement has been reached at the United Nations World Radiocommunication Conference in Geneva on the allocation of radiofrequency spectrum to allow the use of satellites for real-time global flight tracking in civil aviation.