News & Events

Intelsat S.A. announced that Intelsat 33e, the second of the Intelsat EpicNG series of high throughput satellites ("HTS"), arrived at the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana, where it will undergo final preparations before its scheduled launch on an Ariane 5 rocket on 24 August 2016. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016072200

Cobham recently received an award from Northrop Grumman valued at approximately US$8 million for motion control technology for the Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS) instrument to be flown on the Joint Polar Satellite System 3 (JPSS-3) and 4 (JPSS-4) satellites. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016072201

The University of Nottingham and Royal Norwegian Naval Academy (RNoNA) are investigating how to prevent shipping Global Positioning Signals (GPS) being jammed in potential cyberattacks that may cause vessels to go off course and collide or run aground. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016072202

http://www.satellitetoday.com/publications/st/2016/07/22/att-looks-launch-ott-offering-q4/

http://www.satellitetoday.com/publications/st/2016/07/22/3-9-billion-people-still-unconnected-internet/

http://www.satellitetoday.com/publications/st/2016/07/22/isat-progresses-tracking-feed-equipment-inclined-ka-band-satellites/

http://www.satellitetoday.com/publications/st/2016/07/22/ses-deploys-satmed-e-health-platform-philippines/

http://www.satellitetoday.com/publications/st/2016/07/22/trinity-broadcasting-network-renews-intelsat-distribution-agreement/

Russia’s Angara rockets in the near future will be able to take about 60% of the launch services world market, as the Proton-M had at its time, Alexander Medvedev, general designer of launch vehicles at the Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center, the manufacturer of Proton and Angara, was quoted as saying. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016072100

Inmarsat announced that construction and associated sub-system tests of the satellite payload for its European Aviation Network (EAN) in-flight connectivity solution has been completed on schedule by Thales Alenia Space. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016072101