Satellite News

Russia’s Angara rockets in the near future will be able to take about 60% of the launch services world market, as the Proton-M had at its time, Alexander Medvedev, general designer of launch vehicles at the Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center, the manufacturer of Proton and Angara, was quoted as saying.

Inmarsat announced that construction and associated sub-system tests of the satellite payload for its European Aviation Network (EAN) in-flight connectivity solution has been completed on schedule by Thales Alenia Space.

Space Systems Loral (SSL) has received US$20.7 million from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to design and build robotic arm flight hardware for the first phase of the agency’s Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) programme.

Following an in-depth review, the European Commission has approved under the EU Merger Regulation, the acquisition of Arianespace by Airbus Safran Launchers (ASL), a joint venture between Airbus and Safran. This approval is subject to conditions.