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Ovzon-3 on track for December launch

The Swedish owners of Ovzon-3 must be breathing a strong sigh of relief at the news that their much-delayed Ovzon-3 satellite will launch in December. The problem for Ovzon is that if the satellite doesn’t launch by December 31st it could find its frequency rights to occupy 59.7 degrees East slot cancelled for failing to […]

October 24, 2023

SES-18 open for C-band business

SES’s latest satellite, SES-18, has gone fully operational from 103 degrees West. The craft replaces SES-3’s C-band payload. SES-18 is enabling SES to continue delivering C-band broadcast and radio services to millions of US homes, as well as provide other critical network communications services to the US. SES-19, which was launched in tandem with SES-18, […]

June 27, 2023By Chris Forrester

Extra 55 Starlinks launched

SpaceX conducted another textbook launch during the early hours of February 12th from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The launch (officially Mission 5-4) broke a number of records, not least the shortest-time ever (5 days) between launches from the same pad. The mission was SpaceX’s 10th launch of the year, a pace of one launch […]

February 13, 2023By Chris Forrester

Boeing delivers 2 SES satellites

Aerospace company Boeing has delivered two satellites for connectivity service provider SES to their launch site in Cape Canaveral, Florida, ahead of the upcoming launch of the twin spacecraft on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket. “SES-20 and SES-21 are the first commercial satellites we’ve delivered since the start of the global pandemic,” […]

August 24, 2022