
Relevance Score: 7.537 2009-08-17 23:26:36
AsiaSat expected to launch the AsiaSat 5 satellite on an ILS Proton launch vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Aug. 12, the company informed. The satellite was previously planned to be orbited by Sea Launch, but was switched to ILS in February. Sea Launch filed for Chapter 11 ...
Relevance Score: 7.064 2009-05-15 18:48:26
Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), a subsidiary of Loral Space and Communications has been selected by Asiasat to provide a new communications satellite Asiasat 5C Asiasat 5C will serve as a backup for AsiaSat 5, which is currently being built by Space Systems/Loral and is scheduled for launch in the third quarter of ...
Relevance Score: 6.177 2009-10-09 21:32:52
The new AsiaSat 5 communications satellite of Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat) started commercial service on September 17th, at the orbital location of 100.5 degrees East with enhanced power, coverage and connectivity, for advanced satellite broadcasting, telecommunications and broadband services across Asia Pacific. Following its launch on the August ...
Relevance Score: 6.161 2009-10-20 20:28:00
A new channel from Macau will shortly start broadcasting across 50 Asia-Pacific countries. TDM Satellite Channel, a new service from public broadcaster Teledifusão de Macau, has signed a deal with AsiaSat for distribution on the newly-launched AsiaSat 5. During the next few months’ testing of service, TDM Satellite Channel, Macau ...
Relevance Score: 5.702 2009-08-21 00:56:23
A Proton-M rocket with a Chinese telecommunications satellite will be launched on Tuesday from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, the Russian Federal Space Agency informed. Russian-U.S. joint venture International Launch Services (ILS) and Hong Kong-based Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co. Ltd. (AsiaSat) signed a contract in February for the launch ...
Relevance Score: 5.669 2009-07-17 22:12:03
AsiaSat 5, a new communications satellite of Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat), has arrived at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in preparation for launch by a Proton launch vehicle currently planned for early to mid-August. AsiaSat 5 is a replacement satellite for AsiaSat 2 at the orbital location of ...
Relevance Score: 5.361 2009-08-05 11:50:24
An ILS Proton will be launching AsiaSat-5, according to a new contract signed between International Launch Services and Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company. Manufactured by SS/L using their 1300 spacecraft bus, and with a separated spacecraft mass of approximately 3,760 kg, the selected launch vehicle is a Khrunichev manufactured Proton Breeze M. ...
Relevance Score: 5.361 2009-08-14 03:13:03
An ILS Proton will be launching AsiaSat-5, according to a new contract signed between International Launch Services and Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company. Manufactured by SS/L using their 1300 spacecraft bus, and with a separated spacecraft mass of approximately 3,760 kg, the selected launch vehicle is a Khrunichev manufactured Proton Breeze ...
Relevance Score: 5.336 2009-04-01 09:44:22
Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat) was again voted the 'Best Asian Satellite Carrier' in the 2009 Telecom Asia Awards. This is the third time in four years AsiaSat has been presented with this prestigious award as recognition of its outstanding performance in Asia-Pacific telecommunications industry. The Awards winners were chosen ...
Relevance Score: 5.287 2009-09-01 20:08:35
Asia Satellite Telecommunications Holdings Limited informed about its 2009 interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2009. AsiaSat's Chairman, Sherwood P. Dodge, stated, “The first half of 2009 has brought many positive signs. We are pleased with the performance of our core business. The launch of AsiaSat 5 ...
Relevance Score: 5.281 2009-10-22 17:29:02
TDM Satellite Channel, Macau, a new satellite television channel from TDM Teledifusao de Macau has began its free-to-air broadcasting on the newly launched AsiaSat 5. Asian satellite operator Asiasat and Macau Special Administrative Region's public broadcaster TDM have inked an agreement for television broadcasting service across more than 50 countries ...
Relevance Score: 5.255 2009-08-21 18:10:03
An ILS Proton will be launching AsiaSat-5, according to a new contract inked between International Launch Services and Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company. Manufactured by SS/L using their 1300 spacecraft bus, and with a separated spacecraft mass of approximately 3,760 kg, the selected launch vehicle is a Khrunichev manufactured Proton Breeze ...
Relevance Score: 5.028 2009-08-13 17:26:36
Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), a subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications (Nasdaq:LORL), and the leading provider of commercial satellites, today announced that AsiaSat 5, a satellite built for Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat), is performing post-launch maneuvers according to plan. The satellite was successfully launched yesterday from the Baikonur Space ...
Relevance Score: 4.984 2009-10-29 01:03:53
Asia’s satellite operator Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat) informed that Japan International Broadcasting Inc. (JIB), has inked a contract to provide a free to air English language news and information channel, NHK WORLD TV, through AsiaSat’s C-band full transponder MCPC (Multiple Channels per Carrier) platform on AsiaSat 3S. JIB ...
Relevance Score: 4.888 2009-06-02 16:57:52
EchoStar Corporation (Nasdaq: SATS), a leading provider of end-to-end pay TV delivery systems and a designer and producer of technological solutions for satellite, IPTV, cable, terrestrial and consumer electronics markets, and Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat), a wholly owned subsidiary of Asia Satellite Telecommunications Holdings Limited (HKSE:1135) and Asia's ...
Relevance Score: 4.850 2009-07-17 21:54:29
Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), a subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications (Nasdaq:LORL) and the world’s leading broadcaster of high-power commercial satellites, informed that it shipped a new communications satellite built for Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat) to the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan, where it is planned to launch in ...
Relevance Score: 4.809 2009-07-15 02:51:25
Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), a subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications (Nasdaq: LORL) and the world's leading provider of high-power commercial satellites, informed that it shipped a new communications satellite built for Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat) to the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan, where it is scheduled to launch ...
Relevance Score: 4.445 2009-10-22 18:17:08
Here’s what we know. Power Star Ltd (PSL), a company incorporated in Hong Kong and a joint venture between AsiaSat and Echostar Corp has submitted an application to Hong Kong’s Broadcasting Authority for a “Non-domestic Television Programme Service Licence” to provide direct-to-home subscription television service. The application was published in ...
Relevance Score: 4.411 2009-06-03 13:44:44
Downstream move comes with $53 mil investment. Pay TV giant EchoStar Corp. is expanding into the Asian DTH market which is a result of the creation of a joint venture with regional satellite operator Asia Satellite Telecommunications. The new service, scheduled to begin transmission in the second half of the year, ...
Relevance Score: 4.339 2010-01-04 17:28:19
Vietnam Multimedia Corporation or Vietnam Television Corporation (VTC), one of the largest multimedia corporation in Vietnam has inked an agreement with Asian satellite operator Asia Satellite Telecommunications (AsiaSat) for capacity on AsiaSat 5 satellite. VTC has inked this agreement on lease and will use multiple Ku-band transponders for the new ...
Relevance Score: 4.225 2009-03-18 18:37:06
GlobeCast has launched its second MCPC platform on the AsiaSat 3S satellite, GlobeCast announced March 18. The C-band platform is located at 105.5 degrees East with a footprint covering the Middle East to East Asia, Australia and New Zealand, targeting a potential audience of more than 95 million households. German ...
Relevance Score: 4.222 2010-01-30 20:25:26
Israeli satellite fleet operator Space Communication Ltd. (Spacecom), beginning an expansion that will extend its reach into Africa and Asia, has begun service from the Amos-5i satellite over Africa and contracted to launch a satellite — probably its Asia-targeted Amos-4 — on a Falcon 9 rocket operated by startup launch ...
Relevance Score: 4.033 2009-08-21 18:05:56
International Launch Services (ILS) have launched the AsiaSat 5 telecommunications satellite via their veteran Proton-M launch vehicle and Breeze-M upper stage. Lift-off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan occurred at 23:47 Moscow time. The Proton booster is 4.1 m (13.5 ft) in diameter along its second and third stages, with ...
Relevance Score: 3.774 2010-02-02 19:25:08
Israeli satellite fleet operator Space Communication Ltd. (Spacecom), beginning an expansion that will extend its reach into Africa and Asia, has begun service from the Amos-5i satellite over Africa and contracted to launch a satellite — probably its Asia-targeted Amos-4 — on a Falcon 9 rocket operated by startup launch ...
Relevance Score: 3.701 2009-08-12 15:10:52
Russia launched a carrier rocket on Tuesday to send an Asian communication satellite into orbit, a spokesman for the Khrunichev space research and production center said. The Proton-M rocket, with an AsiaSat-5 satellite atop, blasted off at 11:47 p.m. Moscow time (1947 GMT) from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, Alexander ...
Relevance Score: 2.876 2009-12-21 13:08:17
After missing out on a new satellite during the first Protostar auction, it was always a good bet that the satellite fleet operator SES would go all out to get its hands on the Protostar satellite, especially as it seemed that the only real competition came from AsiaSat based in ...
Relevance Score: 2.479 2009-12-22 21:51:17
Satellite fleet operator SES bested competitor AsiaSat in a Dec. 16 auction for the in-orbit ProtoStar 2 telecommunications satellite, agreeing to pay $185 million in cash in a deal expected to be approved Dec. 18 by the U.S. bankruptcy court handling ProtoStar’s Chapter 11 proceedings, SES and industry officials informed. ...
Relevance Score: 2.108 2009-03-04 22:39:04
GlobeCast has launched a new fiber and satellite link to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates and is finalizing plans for a connection to Jordan Media City (JMC) in Amman, which is expected to go live in April, GlobeCast announced Mar. 4. The new link will help facilitate joint ventures ...
Relevance Score: 1.606 2010-01-28 12:40:23
Spacecom (Tel Aviv Stock Exchange: SCC), the AMOS satellite fleet operator, today announced that the AMOS-5i satellite has reached its °17E orbital position and has begun commercial service. With clients from Africa, Europe and the Middle East already on board, the AMOS-5i satellite enables Spacecom to start serving the growing ...
Relevance Score: 1.595 2009-05-29 01:26:33
The CASBAA Satellite Industry Forum 2009 will take place on 15 June at The Four Seasons Hotel in Singapore. The theme is Over the Horizon and the forum will be attended by worldwide and Asia Pacific satellite operators, content providers, satellite producers and government officials who will debate the latest market ...
