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Avanti Communications Group Plc has announced that it has now closed its new U.S.$55 million two-year 1.5 lien credit facility.
Read More »UK’s Avanti Communications Group Secures $55 Million Credit Line
Arianespace to Orbit Spanish SEOSat/Ingenio Earth Observation Satellite
Arianespace and the European Space Agency have announced the signature of a launch services contract with a Vega launcher for SEOSat (Spanish Earth Observation SATellite) for Spain's Center for Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI - Centro para el Desarrollo Technologico Industrial).
Read More »Arianespace Tapped By ExactEarth To Launch ESAIL Satellite
Arianespace reports it has been selected by exactEarth to launch the ESAIL satellite using a Vega as part of the launcher's Small Spacecraft Mission Service (SSMS) Proof of Concept (POC) flight. It is the final contract signed by Arianespace for this POC flight, which is now completely booked with 42 payloads onboard.
Read More »European Space Launch: ArianeSpace Starts Manufacturing First Batch Of Ariane 6 Launch Vehicles
Following the initial institutional and commercial launch orders for Ariane 6 obtained by Arianespace since the autumn of 2017, and the resolution of the ESA Council on 17 April 2019 related to the rocket's exploitation framework, ArianeGroup is starting to build the first series-production batch of 14 Ariane 6 launchers.
Read More »European New Space: Slovenia’s TRISAT To Become First Vega SSMS Rideshare Passenger
On 5 April 2019, the University of Maribor (Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science) and SAB Launch Services S.r.l. (SAB-LS) signed the Launch Services Agreement (LSA) for the launch of the TRISAT satellite.
Read More »Portugal Establishes National Space Agency Based In The Azores
Portugal has become the latest country to establish a national space agency. The new entity, called Portugal Space, will be headquartered in the Azores island of Santa Maria, the site of a proposed spaceport and a European Space Agency (ESA) Estrack tracking and telemetry station.
Read More »Arianespace Successfully Launches O3B Communication Satellites From French Guiana
With a successful Soyuz launch that completed the first phase of SES’ O3b constellation, Arianespace today reaffirmed is ability to support the growing global market for such in-orbit satellite systems.
Read More »OneWeb Places Bet On Ariane-6 Launch Vehicle To Loft Satellites On Maiden Flight
OneWeb is the developer of a new global, high-speed, low latency satellite-based network designed to address the most demanding global connectivity challenges worldwide. Ariane 6 will be available to OneWeb from the second half of 2020 to provide launch capacity that supports the full deployment and replenishment of the OneWeb constellation.
Read More »Italy’s PRISMA Earth Observation Satellite Successfully Launched On Arianespace Vega Rocket
On its third launch of the year, Arianespace has successfully orbited the PRISMA Earth observation satellite on behalf of the ASI Italian space agency, within the scope of a contract with OHB Italia.
Read More »GMV Takes Control Of First Six OneWeb Satellites
On 27 February 2019 at 21.37 UTC the first six satellites of OneWeb's constellation were successfully launched on a Soyuz rocket from the Kourou spaceport. These six satellites form part of a constellation to be made up initially by 648 low earth orbit (LEO) satellites, possibly building up to over 900 as needed to meet clients' growing needs.
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