Satellite News

Rocket: H-IIA No. 32 (204 configuration); Payload: DSN-2 (X-band defence communication satellite-2, aka Kirameki-2); Date: 24 January 2017, 0744 UTC; Launch site: Tanegashima Space Center, Japan. The launch and the separation of the satellite into geostationary transfer orbit proceeded according to schedule.

A Boeing satellite built for ABS entered into commercial service, providing enhanced satellite services including direct-to-home television services on 21 January to customers in Africa, the Middle East and North Africa, Russia, South Asia and South East Asia.