Satellite News

SES New Skies announced three senior appointments which establishes its new management team following the completion of all post acquisition integration activities.

Rocket: Atlas V 401; Payload: NROL-24; Date: 10 December 2007, 2205 UTC; Site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, USA. The rocket lifted without any apparent problems, however the results of this launch for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) were not publicly known at the time of writing.