Satellite News

Eutelsat Communications announced that its Eutelsat 3B satellite is ready for launch by a Zenit-3SL rocket operated by Sea Launch AG from the ocean-based Odyssey Launch Platform in the international waters of the Pacific Ocean.

The U.S. Department of State published regulations that it said will fundamentally change the nature of U.S. export controls on satellites and related parts and components.

Canadian rural broadband service provider Xplornet Communications Inc. announced that it has committed to Hughes Network Systems, LLC to a lifetime lease for all of the Canadian satellite broadband capacity on Hughes’ EchoStar XIX, a next-generation high throughput satellite due for launch in mid-2016.

The Proton M/Ekspress AM4R integrated launch vehicle (ILV) was rolled out to the launch pad at 0030 UTC today, where the ILV was installed on the launch pad and erected.

Russia will bar the United States from using Russian-made rocket engines for military satellite launches, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said, retaliating for sanctions on high-tech equipment which Washington has imposed over the Ukraine crisis.

QinetiQ has been awarded a contract extension for servicing the hardware components in the Columbus module, a component of the International Space Station (ISS) that houses various science laboratories and is the European Space Agency’s (ESA) biggest contribution to the ISS.

Airbus Group (stock exchange symbol: AIR) reported first quarter 2014 results.

Thales Alenia Space announced that it has signed a contract with the Korean satellite service operator KT Sat, subsidiary of KT Corporation, to build two telecommunications satellites, Koreasat-7 and Koreasat-5A, winning the contract against an international field of competitors. The two satellites will provide Internet access, multimedia, broadcasting and fixed communications services.