Satellite News

The next Arianespace Ariane 5 flight has been authorised for lift-off on 22 November following a launch readiness review, which was conducted at the Spaceport in French Guiana.

ISRO said the launch of its Earth-imaging and mapping satellite Cartosat-3 along with 13 commercial nano satellites from the US, has been rescheduled to 27 November (UTC).

ESA, Arianespace, and respective industrial prime contractors ArianeGroup and Avio signed protocols on the Launchers Exploitation Phase for Ariane 6 and Vega-C.

Airbus, ESA and Eutelsat presented the new ground breaking multibeam active antenna payload at Airbus in Madrid. Airbus’ ELSA+ (ELectronically Steerable Antenna+) is a first for commercial satellite communications in Europe.

Delegates representing International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Member States have agreed at the World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-19) in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, to adopt a new milestone-based approach for the deployment of non-geostationary satellite (NGSO) systems in specific radio-frequency bands and services.