Category: space

photo SES Luxembourg SES S.A. announced financial results for the nine months ended 30 September 2020. Solid performance with continued strong underlying growth across Networks • Networks revenue +7.5% year-on-year(1,2); Q3 2020 Video revenue stable quarter-on-quarter(1,2) • Adjusted EBITDA(3) EUR 883 million representing 62.6% margin with recurring operating expenses reduced 3.7% year-on-year On track to Read More

The launch of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V carrying the NROL-101 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office was scrubbed today due to an unexpected system response from remotely commanded ground system liquid oxygen valves. The team continues to analyze the system and will protect for our next launch attempt no earlier than Nov. 6. Read More

INRED and SES Networks Expand Wi-Fi Access Across Colombia   Connect Nearly One Million People in 424 Municipalities"   Collaboration accelerated government initiative to connect 100% of Colombia with a second deployment of 300 additional free community Wi-Fi zones enabled by high-speed broadband over satellite On the heels of a widely-successful deployment of 1,000 free Read More

SpaceX will try a second launch attempt for GPSIIISV04 United States Space Force on Thursday November 5th from SLC-40 Cape Canaveral Florida at 6:24 PM or 23.24 UTC for liftoff with booster B-1062.1 SpaceX scrubbed the first attempt back on October 2nd just seconds from launch when two engines prematurely fired. After the removal of Read More

SES Expands O3b mPOWER Technology Ecosystem with Modem Platform Partnerships SES today announced Gilat and ST Engineering iDirect as its latest technology partners who will be developing the core infrastructure modem platforms for O3b mPOWER, SES’s ground-breaking non-geostationary-satellite orbit (NGSO) communications system. Gilat and ST Engineering iDirect were selected based on their next-generation modem technologies. Read More

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket is in final preparations to launch the NROL-101 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). The launch is on track for Nov. 3 from Space Launch Complex-41 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Launch is planned for 5:58 p.m. EST. The live launch broadcast begins at 5:38 Read More

Substantial agreements across three orbital positions serve more than 10 million subscribers and add more than EUR 230 million in secured backlog SES and CANAL+ have signed new long-term strategic agreements for satellite capacity across three geographies, strengthening the companies’ longstanding partnership and underlining the importance of satellite in delivering premium content to more than Read More

Huawei offers a comprehensive transportation solution, which leverages ICT technologies to digitize all transportation elements In this special interview, DeeDee Doke, head of content production at Airlines. magazine interviews Mr. Wang Guoyu, Vice President of the Global Transportation Business Unit, Huawei Enterprise Business Group, about some of the developments underway at Huawei (www.Huawei.com) aiming to Read More

NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover and JPL's Ingenuity helicopter were launched on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from LC-41 Cape Canaveral Florida starting this journey to the red planet and Jezero Crater. Today the midway milestone has been accomplished. Perseverance is now 146.3 million miles (235.4 million kilometers) from both Earth and Mars! Read More

SpaceX is celebrating a historic launch today completing their 100th successful flight at 11:31 AM EDT or 15:31 UTC when booster B-1060.3 lifted off from launch complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Florida. 100 flights since their first successful flight back on July 14th 2009 is a major milestone for Elon Musk and all of his Read More