Satellite News

The Boeing Company reported financial results for the second-quarter 2013.

SES announced a 15-year contract with Platco Digital, a sister company of the South African independent broadcaster e.tv, to broadcast a new free-to-air service in South Africa, with future plans to expand across Southern Africa.

Space Systems/Loral (SSL) announced that it has been selected to provide a communications satellite to Intelsat S.A. With expansive coverage of the Western hemisphere, Intelsat 34 is the 50th satellite SSL will provide to Intelsat.

Arianespace will orbit two satellites on its third Ariane 5 launch of the year: the Alphasat mobile communications satellite for operator Inmarsat, and the INSAT-3D meteorological satellite for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Lift-off is scheduled for 25 July 2013 between 1953 and 2111 UTC. The targeted orbit is 248 km x 35,945 km x 3,5 degrees.

Academician M.F. Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems said it has begun integration of the Yamal-401 spacecraft.

Lockheed Martin Corporation reported financial results for the second quarter 2013.

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. has been awarded a contract by DigitalGlobe to provide a new international Direct Access Facility ground station for an unspecified customer to task, collect and process imagery from the WorldView-1 and WorldView-2 satellites.

SES announced that the East African pay-TV broadcaster Zuku TV will complete its migration on the SES fleet by the end of July 2013 and has committed to growth capacity on the new satellite.