Satellite News

Rocket: Proton-M/Briz-M; Payload: Intelsat 31 [Intelsat DLA-2]; Date: 9 June 2016, 0710 UTC; Launch site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The ascent unit separated from the Proton’s as planned after a 10-minute flight; however, one of the second stage’s engines had shut down prematurely. The Briz-M upper stage was later able to compensate the performance shortfall. At the time of writing, the upper stage had completed four of its five burns.

Eutelsat Communications announced that Panasonic Avionics Corporation has booked additional capacity on the Eutelsat 172A satellite to deliver broadband connectivity and TV services to commercial airlines over the Pacific Ocean region.

exactEarth Ltd. announced that it has been selected by Telespazio France to supply Satellite AIS services to the French Navy as part of the recently announced four-year Trimaran 2 project won by a consortium of Airbus Defense and Space and Telespazio France.