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Orbital awarded SES-8 contract
News - Satellites
Friday, 18 February 2011 03:10

 

Dulles, VA 17 February 2011



Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced today that one of its major customers, SES, has placed a firm order for its sixth STARTM communications satellite for its worldwide network for a launch in the first quarter of 2013.

 

 

More info: http://www.orbital.com/NewsInfo/release.asp?prid=766

 

More info: http://www.ses-worldskies.com/worldskies/news_and_events/press_releases/index.php?pressRelease=/pressReleases/pressReleaseList/11-02-17/index.php

 

SES 8 info

 

 
Echostar 6 is moving to 77 West
News - Satellites
Monday, 14 February 2011 02:18

 

Dish Network requested emergency move of Echostar 6 satellite to 77 West position to backup Echostar 8 that experience issues.

Predicted footprint is posted here.

 

Many thanks to bajasur1 for the info.

 

 

 

 

 
Hispasat 1E and Koreasat 6 launched successfully
News - Satellites
Thursday, 30 December 2010 10:11

December 29, 2010 – Ariane Flight 199



Lifting off from the Spaceport in French Guiana, Ariane 5 deployed HISPASAT 1E and KOREASAT 6 telecommunication satellites during a mission lasting 34 minutes marking the sixth flight of this heavy-lift workhorse in 2010.



More info: http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2010/751.asp



Hispasat 1E technical details and footprints



Koreasat 6 technical details





 
KA-SAT - launch success
News - Satellites
Monday, 27 December 2010 12:11

BAIKONUR COSMODROME, Kazakhstan, December 27, 2010

International Launch Services (ILS), a world leader in providing launch services to the commercial space industry, successfully carried the Eutelsat's KA-SAT satellite on an ILS Proton/Breeze M. The ILS Proton vehicle lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 3:51 a.m. local time (4:51 p.m. EST, 10:51 p.m. in Paris on December 26) and after 9 hour 12 minute mission KA-SAT satellite was succesfully released into geostationary transfer orbit.



More info: http://www.ilslaunch.com/news-122710



KA-SAT technical details





 
GSAT-5P regretfully lost
News - Satellites
Saturday, 25 December 2010 21:26

SRIHARIKOTA, December 25, 2010

GSAT-5P/GSLV-F06 mission was regretfully lost:



More info: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/GSAT-5P-launch-fails-satellite-vehicle-explodes-mid-air/articleshow/7162634.cms





 
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