News & Events

Iridium Communications Inc. reported financial results for the second quarter of 2018. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018073104

Eutelsat Communications has signed a multi-year, multi-transponder contract with Media Group Ukraine for broadcasting services on its Eutelsat 9B satellite. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018073105

Iridium Communications Inc. announced that the 10 Iridium NEXT satellites launched on 25 July by SpaceX are functioning nominally and have begun the testing and validation process. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018073000

Telesat announced that, following a highly rigorous process involving leading satellite manufacturing companies, it has entered into a contract with the consortium of Thales Alenia Space and Maxar Technologies, the owner of SSL, to further develop system designs for Telesat’s LEO constellation. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018073001

Saudi Arabia’s Taqnia Space (TSC) has signed a multi-year contract with Eutelsat including incremental multi-transponder wide-beam capacity on the Eutelsat 70B satellite as well as the fifth HTS spotbeam on Eutelsat 3B, on which it already operates the four others. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018073002

Rocket: Chang Zheng 3B/Y1; Payload: Beidou-3M5, Beidou-3M6 [Beidou-33, Beidou-34]; Date: 29 July 2018, 0140 UTC; Launch site: Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China. The twin navigation satellites entered Medium Earth Orbit more than three hours after the launch. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018072900

Europe’s first mission to Mercury will target the early morning of 19 October for launch, Arianespace and ESA announced. Lift-off is anticipated for around 0145 UTC. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018072901

NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite has started its search for planets around nearby stars, officially beginning science operations on 25 July 2018. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018072902

SES S.A. announced financial results for the six months ending 30 June 2018. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018072903

NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland has awarded a startup license to FABAEARTH, a California-based startup, for radio frequency and advanced communications technologies. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018072600