Satellite company SES has achieved total revenues of EUR1.36 billion for the first nine months of the year, up by 6.1% compared to the same period last year. On a constant FX basis, this figure was up by 1.6% despite the significant impact of the switch-off of analogue transmissions in Germany at the end of April. The first nine months of 2012 also witnessed the successful launch of three satellites, two of which—SES-4 and SES-5—have now been brought into service. SES’ 52nd … [Read more...] about SES reports solid growth for 3Q12, YTD results
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SES expands satellite capacity with successful SES-5 launch
Baikonur, Kazakhstan and Luxembourg – Satellite company SES has announced the successful launch of the SES-5 satellite on board the ILS Proton Breeze M booster today at 00:38:30am Baikonur time. SES-5, which has been released successfully into the geostationary transfer orbit after the 9-hour, 12-minute mission, is designed to deliver high performance and extensive coverage for direct-to-home (DTH) services, broadband, maritime communications, GSM backhaul, and VSAT applications in Europe, … [Read more...] about SES expands satellite capacity with successful SES-5 launch
SES-5 satellite launch postponed
Kazakhstan - The launch of an SES-5 satellite was postponed today for technical reasons with the launch vehicle. The satellite is being launched for SES of Luxembourg and was built by Space Systems/Loral. On June 18, Khrunichev engineers at the launch site received an out of tolerance telemetry reading on a first stage subsystem during pre-flight testing. However, based on additional pre-flight testing performed on June 19, it was determined that further investigation is necessary, requiring the … [Read more...] about SES-5 satellite launch postponed
