
Relevance Score: 5.028 2009-05-21 01:06:11
Arianespace announced that it was successful in renegotiated ViaSat its launch services agreement that will secure launch capability for the ViaSat-1 high-capacity satellite should the need arise. The agreement also includes advanced payments made under the ViaSat-1 launch services agreement to a potential future ViaSat satellite launch by Arianespace. Jean-Yves Le ...
Relevance Score: 4.559 2009-09-04 17:55:19
Arianespace is continuing its sustained mission pace by taking delivery of the fifth heavy-lift Ariane 5 to be launched from the Spaceport in French Guiana during 2009. This milestone occurred with the Ariane 5’s transfer from the Spaceport’s Launcher Integration Building – where its basic build-up was performed by industrial ...
Relevance Score: 4.448 2009-12-31 14:02:38
Avanti Communications Group has chosen Arianespace to launch its HYLAS 2 communications satellite. The HYLAS 2 satellite will be boosted into geostationary transfer orbit in the first half of 2012 by an Ariane 5 or Soyuz launcher operating at the Guiana Space Center, Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. It is the ...
Relevance Score: 4.156 2009-04-15 09:31:16
Arianespace has obtained the launch contract to deliver the Intelsat New Dawn satellite into geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) for New Dawn Satellite Company Ltd., a joint venture between Intelsat and a South African investor group led by Convergence Partners. Arianespace has already signed six contracts with the major satellite operators ...
Relevance Score: 4.136 2009-08-04 15:44:38
Avanti Communications Group plc, has selected Arianespace to launch the HYLAS telecommunications satellite. This new contract is the 11th signed by Arianespace with the major satellite operators. The launch of the HYLAS satellite is planned for the first semester of 2010, using an Ariane 5 or Soyuz launcher from the ...
Relevance Score: 4.134 2009-04-18 00:05:42
Arianespace has been chosen by Japanese operator SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation to launch its new JCSAT-13 communications satellite. This new agreement is the 7th contract signed in 2009 by Arianespace with the major satellite operators. Masanori Akiyama, President and CEO of SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation and Jean-Yves Le Gall, Chairman ...
Relevance Score: 4.101 2009-08-01 15:04:34
Avanti Communications Group plc, has chosen Arianespace to launch the HYLAS telecommunications satellite. This new contract is the 11th inked by Arianespace with the major satellite operators. The launch of the HYLAS satellite is scheduled for the first half of 2010, using an Ariane 5 or Soyuz launcher from the ...
Relevance Score: 3.608 2009-06-18 22:56:29
ST-2 Satellite Ventures Pte Ltd (STS), a joint venture including Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. (SingTel) and Chunghwa Telecom Company Ltd (Chunghwa), has chosen Arianespace to launch its new telecommunications satellite, ST-2 — this satellite will replace ST-1, which was put into obrit by Arianespace in 1998. The other important news for ...
Relevance Score: 3.488 2008-09-14 22:10:50
The Arab Satellite Communication Organization, Arabsat, announces today that the launch of its BADR-6 satellite has been postponed to Monday, July 7th. Khalid Balkheyour, President and CEO of Arabsat, revealed that he was informed early this morning by Arianespace, the satellite launcher, that "due to an anomaly identified on the electrical ...
Relevance Score: 3.457 2009-07-18 18:27:00
Avanti Communications Group informed that they withdrew their HylasOne satellite from SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launch vehicle. It was slated to be launched in 2009 onboard the first commercial Falcon 9 launch. Avanti switched to Arianespace as launch customer, either flying on a Soyuz launcher or as secondary payload onboard an Ariane ...
Relevance Score: 3.421 2009-12-10 16:11:04
The Ariane 5 GS rocket carrying the Helios 2B satellite has been put in stand-by mode. The launch of French military satellite, Helios 2B, has been postponed because of technical problems. The satellite was planned to be launched on board an Ariane 5 GS rocket from the French Guiana ...
Relevance Score: 3.403 2009-03-27 16:36:54
As a "shock" Le Gall, the head of Arianespace, describes his feelings about choosing Chinese competitor to launch new satellite. China this month launched W3B satellite and it possibly will anger government of USA. This decision has not only USA but also European meaning that it is in some kind of opposition ...
Relevance Score: 3.401 2009-12-09 20:36:36
The Arianespace center has confirmed on its official website that the Wednesday launch of the French military observation satellite Helios 2B was postponed for several days, as an "anomaly of the launcher" was found. The lift-off was originally scheduled at around 17:26 Paris time (1626 GMT) from the Kourou launch ...
Relevance Score: 3.393 2010-03-02 14:31:54
A new satellite service named OverHorizon, based in Arlington, Va., has selected a European rocket to launch its first communications satellite into orbit, according to a press statement released by Arianespace. OverHorizon is a new satellite operator addressing the global mobile broadband satellite communication market. OverHorizon has chosen European satellite launch service ...
Relevance Score: 3.379 2009-07-06 23:57:45
Arianespace successfully put into geostationary transfer orbit the largest commercial satellite ever launched, TerreStar-1, for North American operator TerreStar Networks Inc. Ariane 5 is the only launcher available in the market that can ensure a large number of missions, as it launches the heaviest commercial satellites into geostationary orbit and ...
Relevance Score: 3.370 2009-09-02 20:35:23
The initial passenger for Arianespace's fifth Ariane 5 mission of this year was delivered to French Guiana following a trans-Atlantic cargo flight from Europe. HISPASAT's Amazonas 2 telecommunications relay satellite arrived this morning aboard an Antonov An-124 jetliner, which landed at Cayenne's Rochambeau International Airport. It will now start ...
Relevance Score: 3.345 2009-09-14 14:26:09
The initial passenger for Arianespace's fifth Ariane 5 mission of this year was provided to French Guiana today (August 28) following a trans-Atlantic cargo flight from Europe. HISPASAT's Amazonas 2 telecommunications relay satellite arrived this morning aboard an Antonov An-124 jetliner, which landed at Cayenne's Rochambeau International Airport. It ...
Relevance Score: 3.344 2009-04-16 21:40:03
The Herschel space telescope and Planck observatory have been fueled with its hydrazine propellant at Europe’s Spaceport, and are being readied for integration in Ariane 5’s payload “stack.” Both spacecraft were developed in programs managed by the European Space Agency, which is Arianespace’s customer for May 6 flight. Herschel is the ...
Relevance Score: 3.306 2010-01-01 20:47:33
The launch of a French military satellite from French Guiana has been delayed. Arianespace says it stopped the countdown in the final minutes before launch of the Helios 2B. Officials said Thursday that they would soon provide more details. The original launch was delayed on Dec. 9 after officials said they noticed ...
Relevance Score: 3.199 2010-01-09 01:15:50
Arianespace is entering its 30th year of commercial activity with the business and operational tools to retain the company's industry leadership role - especially during challenging market conditions and amid strong competition among launch service providers. Speaking to international journalists at the annual New Year's press conference in Paris today, Chairman ...
Relevance Score: 3.190 2009-12-18 01:43:02
The launch of a French military satellite from French Guiana has been delayed again . Arianespace informed it stopped the countdown in the final minutes before launch of the Helios 2B. Officials said Thursday that they would soon provide more details. The original launch was delayed on Dec. 9 after ...
Relevance Score: 3.046 2009-06-18 23:09:36
The European Space Agency informed it has signed a contract with Arianespace for the launch of four Galileo satellites on two Soyuz launch vehicles. The agreement, signed Monday during the Paris Air Show in Le Bourget, France, calls for the satellites to be launched from Europe Space Agency's spaceport in ...
Relevance Score: 3.023 2010-01-07 15:35:33
Germany's OHB System (OHBG.DE) will deliver 14 satellites for the European Union's Galileo navigation system and Arianespace (EAD.PA) of France will launch them into orbit, the EU executive said on Thursday. Support services for Europe's biggest space programme will be delivered by Franco-Italian group Thales Alenia Space (TCFP.PA)(SIFI.MI) in a ...
Relevance Score: 3.016 2009-08-18 15:22:35
The final phase of payload preparations has been initiated for Arianespace’s next heavy-lift Ariane 5 mission, which is set for later this month with the Optus D3 and JCSAT-12 as satellite passengers. This activity includes Optus D3’s propellant loading, which occurred in the S5A fueling and integration hall of the ...
Relevance Score: 2.973 2009-08-03 18:55:26
Not necessarily a bouncing bundle of joy — but certainly an accomplishment — a major feat as Optus D3 was delivered making it the second of two satellite payloads for Arianespace's mid-August Ariane 5 mission in French Guiana, moving this heavy-lift launch campaign into full swing. Optus D3 is unloaded ...
Relevance Score: 2.956 2009-10-12 21:26:04
It is a busy time as launch vehicles for three upcoming Arianespace missions are now at the Spaceport in French Guiana following this week's delivery of components for Ariane 5's record seventh flight of 2009. The latest Ariane 5 was delivered by the MN Toucan, which is one of two ...
Relevance Score: 2.923 2009-11-09 23:04:33
Arianespace has successfully launched the Ariane 5 ECA with its twin passengers, NSS-12 and THOR 6, from the Spaceport in French Guiana. Lifting off on time at 5:00 p.m. from the Spaceport in French Guiana, the Ariane 5 deployed the two television broadcast satellites during a mission lasting 31 ...
Relevance Score: 2.831 2009-05-21 00:52:35
Inmarsat plc (LSE: ISAT), the top provider of global mobile satellite communications services, informed that it has signed a contract with Arianespace for the launch of its Alphasat I-XL satellite.nbsp; Planned for launch in 2012, the Alphasat I-XL satellite will be carried by an Ariane 5 ECA from the Guiana Space ...
Relevance Score: 2.710 2009-08-19 13:37:55
Dual payloads of telecommunications' satellites are undergoing preparations as the fifth Ariane 5 this year readies for launch having completed its initial build-up for another of Arianespace's trademark dual-satellite payload missions. During activity in the Launcher Integration Building at Europe's Spaceport, this heavy-lift Ariane 5 was fitted with its ESC-A ...
Relevance Score: 2.623 2009-07-02 22:38:11
Two Ariane 5 launch campaigns are in full swing at the Spaceport, keeping Arianespace on track for its scheduled seven missions in 2009 with the workhorse heavy-lift vehicle. For its third flight of the year, the TerreStar-1 telecommunications satellite has made a contact with Ariane 5 hardware, with the very ...
