Satellite News

Rocket: Ariane 5 ECA; Payload: Arabsat-6B (Badr 7), GSAT-15; Date: 10 November 2015, 2134 UTC; Launch site: Kourou, French Guiana. The two satellites were placed into geostationary transfer orbit after a flight lasting approximately 43 minutes.

Intelsat S.A. announced that Intelsat 29e, the first of the Intelsat EpicNG high throughput satellites, is scheduled to launch on 27 January 2016, aboard an Arianespace Ariane 5 ECA launch vehicle from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana.

Russian and Chinese experts are discussing the possibility of creating a global low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite system called “Star of Happiness,” according to Russian reports.

A General Dynamics-led team successfully completed, on-schedule, the next phase of the implementation, integration and test of the NASA Space Network Ground Segment Sustainment (SGSS) programme, Increment A4.