Satellite News

Airbus Safran launchers have just begun the hot-fire testing campaign for the re-ignitable VINCI upper stage engine on the P4.1 test bench at the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) in Lampoldshausen. This is a key milestone for the development of Ariane 6.

Telenor Satellite announced the commercial readiness of its Thor 7 Ka-band mobility service. The Ka-band payload offers regional coverage with a favourable look angle over the main European shipping lanes and utilises high-powered spot beams.

SES has signed a multi-year agreement with Cable Channels Nigeria Ltd. (CCNL) to provide a video platform via SES’s prime orbital position 28.2 degrees East.

SES S.A. announced it will provide two anchor stations for the Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation (DALO).

Yahsat has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Tele10 Group, a regional broadcast and Internet service provider, to discuss collaborations for improving Internet connectivity in Rwanda, Burundi and East Democratic Republic of the Congo. The MoU comes ahead of Yahsat taking delivery of its third satellite, Al Yah 3.

Eutelsat Communications reported revenues for the third quarter and the nine months ending 31 March 2016.

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.