Satellite News

Eutelsat has sold its interest in the Eutelsat 25B satellite operated at 25.5 degrees East to the co-owner of the satellite, Es’hailSat, for a consideration of EUR135 million.

Spire has selected Arianespace to launch the company’s small satellites on multiple Vega flights.

Airbus Defence and Space announced the successful landing of its first production aircraft of the Zephyr programme, the new Zephyr S HAPS (High Altitude Pseudo-Satellite). After taking off on 11 July in Arizona, USA, Zephyr S logged a maiden flight of over 25 days, the longest duration flight ever made.

Rocket: Falcon 9; Payload: Merah Putih [Telkom 4]; Date: 7 August 2018, 0518 UTC; Launch site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, USA. The satellite is performing post launch manoeuvres according to plan following its successful launch.

Rocket Lab USA and Ecliptic Enterprises Corporation have entered into an agreement to support Rocket Lab launch of Ecliptic-managed hosted payloads on the kick stage of Rocket Lab’s Electron rockets.

On 7 August 2018, China Great Wall Industry Corporation and APT Satellite Company Limited jointly conducted the ceremony to celebrate the successful in-orbit delivery to the customer the Apstar-6C.

Aerojet Rocketdyne, in collaboration with Teledyne, recently delivered the electrical power generator for NASA’s Mars 2020 rover to the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Idaho National Laboratory (INL), where it will be fuelled, tested and readied for flight.

EchoStar Corporation announced its financial results for the three months ending 30 June 2018.