Satellite News

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Boeing has successfully demonstrated its SATCOM on the Move (SOTM) product on a live Ka-band satellite network.

O3b Networks said it launched O3bCell – a new solution that enables mobile network operators to deliver high quality 3G voice and broadband services in markets and regions where other satellite and terrestrial technologies fall short.

SES announced that 2DAY Telecom has signed a long-term capacity agreement to expand its reach to meet the growing needs of GSM backhaul services throughout Kazakhstan.

by Peter Galace Manila, June 4,…Read more

Intelsat reported a delay in deploying one of the two solar arrays on the Intelsat 19 satellite, which was launched by Sea Launch on 1 June.

Rocket: Zenit 3SL/Block DM-SL; Payload: Intelsat 19; Date: 1 June 2012, o523 UTC; Launch site: Odyssey Launch Platform, positioned on the equator at 154 degrees West longitude in the Pacific Ocean. Sixty minutes after lift-off, the satellite separated from the rocket’s upper stage and continued its ascent toward geosynchronous orbit.

NASA said that engineers working on the new Space Launch System (SLS) can now begin developing the advanced, heavy-lift launch vehicle’s flight software using newly delivered software test bed computers from Boeing.