Satellite News

Spacecom announced that Cobbett Hill Earthstation has entered into a long term agreement for C-Band capacity covering the Sub-Sahara region on the Amos-17 communication satellite.

BlackSky, the geospatial intelligence service of Spaceflight Industries, announced the first of its next generation of small Earth observation satellites is complete, qualified, and awaiting launch.

Eutelsat Communications and Globecast announced they are partnering on a new media platform over the Americas.

Rocket: Falcon 9; Payload: Hispasat 30W-6; Date: 6 March 2018, 0533 UTC; Launch site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, USA. The satellite was deployed to a Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO) approximately 33 minutes after launch.

Thales Alenia Space said it will work together with the European Space Agency (ESA) on Iris, a ground-breaking programme that will enhance air traffic management in Europe.

The Flight VS18 mission, which will orbit four O3b Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) satellites for SES, has been postponed to a new target date of 9 March (UTC).

Airbus has launched near real-time satellite imagery capabilities together with its 24/7 Emergency Image Delivery Service to aid those facing emergency situations.

BridgeSat announced the opening of its network operations centre (NOC), the world’s first for free-space optical communications.