Cape Canaveral, Paris – Eutelsat Communications (NYSE Euronext Paris: ETL) announced the successful launch of the EUTELSAT 115 West B satellite. The 2.2-tonne all-electric satellite built by Boeing was lofted into orbit on 1 March at 10.50 EST (03.50 UTC). It separated from the Falcon 9 launcher after a 35-minute flight, with telemetry subsequently received and processed at Boeing’s mission control centre in El Segundo, California. Speaking from Cape Canaveral, Michel de Rosen, … [Read more...] about Eutelsat 115 West B successfully launched
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Eutelsat 3B satellite fully fired up at 3° East
Paris – Following its successful launch on May 26, Eutelsat Communications announced on July 6 that the Eutelsat 3B satellite is now fully fired up and providing commercial services at 3° East. Eutelsat’s newest satellite is designed to increase and diversify capacity and reach of Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia and Brazil. The first commercial satellite to assemble Ku, C and Ka payloads in a single platform, it can operate up to 51 transponders through an … [Read more...] about Eutelsat 3B satellite fully fired up at 3° East
ViaSat and Eutelsat to link high-capacity Ka-band satellite networks
Carlsbad, California and Paris – ViaSat Inc. (Nasdaq: VSAT) and Eutelsat Communications (NYSE Euronext Paris: ETL) have entered into a pioneering agreement that will enable service access and roaming on each other’s high-capacity satellite networks (KA-SAT for Eutelsat and ViaSat-1 for ViaSat). Both Ka-band networks, representing well over half of all Ka-band capacity on orbit worldwide, share the same high-capacity satellite ecosystem, enabled by the ViaSat Broadband System, … [Read more...] about ViaSat and Eutelsat to link high-capacity Ka-band satellite networks
SES and Eutelsat settle dispute over satellite position
Luxembourg/Paris – SES (NYSE Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) and Eutelsat Communications (NYSE Euronext Paris: ETL) have concluded a series of agreements including a comprehensive settlement of legal proceedings concerning the right to operate at the 28.5 degrees East orbital position and containing long-term commercial as well as frequency coordination elements. The first agreement ends the arbitral procedure … [Read more...] about SES and Eutelsat settle dispute over satellite position