SSi Canada Partners with SES Networks to Deliver New Satellite Capacity into Northern Canada
SES Networks will provide backbone capacity able to support and improve essential QINIQ broadband and SSi Mobile phone services throughout Nunavut Vital new satellite capacity will be delivered to Canada’s north, including all 25 communities of Nunavut, following a partnership signed between SSi Canada, the developer-operator of QINIQ broadband and SSi Mobile services in Nunavut, Read More
Artemis Orion “We Are Going” – The journey to the moon has begun!
Jim Francisco is correct proudly signing the Artemis Orion "We Are Going" banner in the center with a gold sharpie! Silver signatures are those who worked on the Lockheed Martin crew module and the European Space Agency service module while it was at the Neil Armstrong O&C building since 2016. Black sharpie signatures are NASA Read More
NASA Artemis 1 Orion capsule
An inspiring day today working with NASA Astronaut Randy Bresnik, Scott Wilson KSC Orion Production Manager, Jules Schneider KSC Lockheed Martin director and Jeremy Parsons KSC Deputy EGS Program Manager and other representatives regarding the solid rocket booster stacking operation for the SLS Artemis mission inside the VAB building and then the Lockheed Martin NASA Read More
SES Networks and Southern Cross Cables Bolster Connectivity Resilience in Pacific Region
SES’s O3b constellation to provide connectivity services to two islands in Tokelau and Kiribati during undersea cable network works Southern Cross Cables Limited (SCCL) will leverage SES Networks’ satellite-enabled connectivity services to vastly improve communications between Nukunonu of Tokelau, Kiritimati Island of Kiribati and the rest of the world as it upgrades the undersea Southern Read More
SpaceX last night launch – first for 2021
SpaceX has the last launch in 2020 and now has the first launch in 2021 from Cape Canaveral on January 7th at 9:15 PM EST or 2:15 UTC from launch complex 40 successfully deploying the Turkish communication satellite Turksat 5A built by Airbus! This was also the first launch worldwide in 2021. The launch was Read More
Ethiopia unveils 1 Jan 2021 as date for majority of Satellite TV channels to migrate to 57 degrees East
To continue accessing their favourite TV channels on Ethiopia’s first-ever dedicated TV platform, TV audiences need to turn their dishes to point to Ethiosat at 57 degrees East As of 1 Jan 2021, Ethiopian TV audiences will access majority of their favourite Ethiopian TV channels exclusively on Ethiosat at 57 degrees East. Ethiopian viewers should Read More
SpaceX launched NROL-108 on Saturday, December 19th 2020 review and photos
SpaceX launched their 26th mission for the year a record for the company at 9:00 AM EST or 14:00 UTC from LC-39A Cape Canaveral Florida with the NROL-108 mission a spy satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office the Department of Defense. This is the very first time the NRO has used a previously flown rocket Read More
Leaning SpaceX boosterB-1051.7 with photos
December 17th 2020 at 2:30 PM EST or 19:30 UTC a significantly leaning SpaceX booster B-1051.7 arrived on top of the drone ship barge JRTI Just Read The Instructions with an entourage of tub boats to assist and maneuver it next the land based lifting crane at Port Canaveral Florida. The angle of the booster Read More
SpaceX was forced to scrub the launch attempt for NROL-108 on Thursday December 17th 2020
….due to a second stages sensor reading at T-1:53 in the countdown. The next launch attempt will be on Saturday December 19th with the same three hour launch window as today starting at 9:00 AM EDT or 14:00 UTC. The weather forecast is 70% favorable for launch. Earlier in the day SpaceX pushed back the Read More
26th SpaceX launch in 2020 – launch alert
SpaceX and the United States National Reconnaissance Office NRO are planing on launching another spy satellite on a flight proven first stage booster B-1059.5 from launch complex 39A at 9:00 AM or 6:00 AM PST or 14:00 UTC on December 17th 2020 with a three hour launch window as a weak cold front with showers Read More