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Michel de Rosen, Chairman and CEO of Eutelsat. Photo: Denis Allard/REA; Eutelsat [Via Satellite 08-03-2015] Emerging markets, and Latin America in particular, are expected to be primary drivers of growth for Eutelsat Communications, according to Chairman and CEO Michel de Rosen. The satellite operator has four satellites pending launches by year’s end — Eutelsat 8…
RUAG Space launch structures. Photo: RUAG Space [Via Satellite 08-03-2015] Switzerland-based RUAG Space has agreed to establish a composites production capability in the United States at United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Decatur, Ala., factory. RUAG provides carbon fiber structures for ULA’s Atlas launch vehicles, namely the payload fairing for the larger Atlas 5-500 launcher as well…
Lori Garver, former deputy administrator of NASA. Photo: NASA [Via Satellite 08-03-2015] NASA’s former deputy administrator Lori Garver has joined MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates’ (MDA) board of directors, effective immediately. Garver served as deputy administrator at NASA from 2009 to 2013, and from 1996 to 2001, she worked within the agency’s office of policy and…
An artist’s rendering of a U.S. Air Force Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite. [Via Satellite 08-03-2015] The United States Air Force declared Initial Operational Capability (IOC) for the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite system on July 28. The constellation currently consists of three in-orbit spacecraft with three more, AEHF-4, AEHF-5, and AEHF-6, scheduled…
Yamal 300K’s Ku-band Northern Beam 1. Photo: Gazprom Space Systems [Via Satellite 08-03-2015] Russian satellite operator Gazprom Space Systems (GSS) has initiated cooperation with U.S. Electrodynamics (USEI) of Brewster, Wash., for teleport services. USEI has pointed one of its 9-meter antennas to Yamal 300K to operate the satellite’s Northern Beam 1 for a large communications services…