SES ASTRA, an SES company (Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG), announced today that the launch of its new satellite ASTRA 1M from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan is scheduled for 31 October 2008. ASTRA 1M will be launched on a Proton Breeze M launch vehicle provided by International Launch Services (ILS) and is the 7th ASTRA satellite to [...]
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TeleCable to start commercial roll out of the broadband product in October
SES ASTRA, an SES company (Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG), announced today that it has signed, through its affiliate ASTRA Broadband Services (ABBS), a framework contract with the Spanish cable operator TeleCable to market its satellite based two-way broadband service ASTRA2Connect in Asturias, a Northern region [...]
18 September 2008 – John Auburn, VEGA’s Aerospace Business Development Director and Chairman of UKspace, has called upon the UK Government to “reinstate a robust national Space programme” in order to “guarantee national security in an increasingly complex international environment”.
His comments follow the publication of the Space Secures Prosperity report by UKspace, the trade association [...]
Internet connectivity from ASTRA 5A at 31.5 degrees East
SES ASTRA, an SES company (Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG), today announced that, via its Nordic affiliate SES SIRIUS, it has contracted four transponders on its new orbital position at 31.5 degrees East to the Lithuanian satellite services provider SatGate. SatGate is using the capacity to provide broadband and [...]
Opera Software today announced that it has joined the Open IPTV Forum. This global organization is comprised of key IPTV and TV stakeholders working to produce end-to-end specifications to take the next generation of IPTV services into the mass market.
As a part of the Forum, Opera will team up with other members, such as Samsung, [...]
Satellite Network Operations Centre
SES ASTRA, an SES company (Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG), announced today that its subsidiary SES ASTRA TechCom has been selected to deliver the Network Operations Centre for the new Vietnamese satellite system VINASAT. SES ASTRA TechCom shall deliver the Network Operations Centre to Vietnam Telecom International, which operates the VINASAT-1 satellite. The end-to-end [...]
HD programme on ASTRA at 19.2 degrees East /
Start of German programme on 1st July
SES ASTRA, an SES company (Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG), announced today that the public channel ARTE will start broadcasting its German programme in High Definition (HD) on 1st July on the ASTRA Satellite System. The HD programme will be broadcast from ASTRA’s [...]
High quality terminals to be provided for U.S. Navy / ND SatCom secures U.S. defence contractor status
SES ASTRA, an SES company (Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG), announced today that its subsidiary ND SatCom has been selected as a prime contractor for the U.S. Department of the Navy, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWAR) in Charleston, South [...]
SES SIRIUS AB, an SES ASTRA company, announced today that the Lithuanian free-to-air public channel LTV World can be received by all cable networks in Europe via the SIRIUS 4 satellite. Since beginning of April, this public channel is available to the many Lithuanians living abroad. SES ASTRA is an SES company (Euronext Paris and [...]
Options to place satellite in proper orbit not viable
SES S.A. (Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG) today announced that SES AMERICOM, its North American subsidiary, has declared to insurers that its recently launched satellite – AMC-14 – is now considered a total loss, due to a lack of viable options to reposition the satellite to its proper geostationary [...]
