Satellite News

The production of units for the second flight prototype of Russia’s heavy-lift Angara-A5 carrier rocket is delayed for three months due to the manufacture and testing problems experienced by the Omsk-based Polyot Production Association, which is part of the Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center (Moscow), a source in the space industry was quoted as saying by TASS.

Space Systems Loral (SSL) announced that the BRIsat satellite, designed and built for PT. Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero) Tbk. (BRI) has arrived at the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, where it will be launched aboard an Ariane 5 launch vehicle by Arianespace.

The telecommunications satellite Ekspress-AM8, designed and built by Academician M.F. Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems, was finally accepted into service in orbit on 5 May.

Eutelsat Communications and Facebook have selected Hughes Network Systems, LLC to supply its JUPITER System as the technology platform for satellite broadband services that both companies are preparing to launch in Sub-Saharan Africa.

EchoStar Corporation announced its financial results for the quarter ending 31 March 2016.