https://spacewatch.global/tag/spacebus-neo/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Thu, 13 Feb 2020 06:00:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/spacebus-neo/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2020/02/indonesian-government-taps-local-consortium-for-satria-satcom-network-provision/ Thu, 13 Feb 2020 06:00:35 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=19360 The Indonesian government has appointed a consortium of local companies to operate a broadband telecommunication satellite that will provide comprehensive internet access across the vast archipelago.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/01/austrias-ruag-space-instrumental-in-developing-eutelsat-konnects-electric-engines/ Mon, 27 Jan 2020 06:00:17 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18729 Eutelsat KONNECT satellite has been launched on 16 January on board an European Ariane 5 rocket. The satellite will provide broadband internet services to Africa. For this new generation of European telecommunications satellites, RUAG Space produced mechanisms that point the satellite's electrical engines.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/01/eutelsat-konnect-successfully-launched-for-african-connectivity-operations/ Mon, 20 Jan 2020 06:00:49 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18674 The EUTELSAT KONNECT satellite was successfully launched into Geostationary Transfer Orbit by Arianespace using an Ariane 5 rocket that lifted off from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana, at 9.05 pm Universal Time (10.05 pm CET) on 16 January 2020.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/01/arianespace-kicks-off-2020-with-successful-launch-of-indias-gsat-30-and-eutelsat-konnect/ Mon, 20 Jan 2020 06:00:17 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18659 Arianespace opened its 2020 launch activity with a dual-satellite Ariane 5 mission from French Guiana that successfully placed EUTELSAT KONNECT and GSAT-30 into geostationary transfer orbit on 16 January 2020.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/11/eutelsats-all-electric-konnect-satellite-ships-to-french-guiana-for-launch/ Thu, 21 Nov 2019 06:00:53 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=17163 The all-electric KONNECT communications satellite built by Thales Alenia Space, the joint company between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), for the international operator Eutelsat Communications is now undergoing final preparation prior to being shipped to the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana, for a launch planned mid-January 2020.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/10/eutelsat-orders-eutelsat-10b-satellite-for-inflight-and-maritime-connectivity-services/ Thu, 31 Oct 2019 06:00:29 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=16717 Eutelsat has signed a letter of agreement with Thales Alenia Space for the procurement of EUTELSAT 10B, a new all-electric satellite built on the Spacebus NEO platform.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/07/indonesian-government-taps-psn-thales-alenia-space-consortium-to-build-satria-communications-satellite/ Wed, 03 Jul 2019 05:00:07 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=14919 Indonesia’s Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (Kominfo) has selected the consortium led by the domestic satellite operator Pasifik Satelit Nusantara (PSN) to deploy and operate a broadband telecommunication satellite. This consortium has awarded Thales Alenia Space (Joint Venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%)) to design and manufacture the satellite named SATRIA.]]>