Another Arianespace launch success

2009-10-05: Arianespace achieved another commercial milestone with today’s Ariane 5 launch, which was the vehicle’s 33rd consecutive success and its fifth flight in 2009 – bringing total payloads orbited by the company this year to seven telecommunications satellites, two deep space telescopes and two piggyback spacecraft.

NOORSAT with capacity on 7W

2009-10-05: Eutelsat Communications and NOORSAT announced the signature of a multi-year contract for the lease of three additional transponders on Eutelsat’s ATLANTIC BIRD™ 4A satellite. Four years from the launch of its first broadcasting services, NOORSAT, which is based in Manama, Bahrain, has emerged as one of the three leading players for satellite TV services in the Middle East.

TVN Turbo changes its logo

2009-10-03: On 3rd of October TVN Turbo presented a new logo, there are also changes of the on-screen graphic of this channel. Station\'s new schedule includes entertainment and popular science programmes. New graphic has been prepared by TVN Group. TVN Turbo began broadcasting in December 2003 and finished its first year on fifth place among thematic channels.

THOR 6 arrives safely in French Guiana

2009-09-29: Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSBc) announced that its spacecraft, THOR 6, has arrived safely at the Guiana Spaceport in Kourou. THOR 6 will now go through its final preparations prior to its scheduled launch at the end of October, 2009. THOR 6 will replace the current Thor III satellite, which is set to retire in 2010, as well as provide additional capacity for expansion.

Launch on Ariane 5 slated for October 29

2009-09-29: SES WORLD SKIES, an SES company announces that its NSS-12 satellite has safely arrived at the European spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, onboard an Antonov cargo plane. The NSS-12 spacecraft, manufactured by Space Systems/Loral (SSL), a subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications (NASDAQ: LORL), will now be readied for launch onboard an Ariane 5 booster, scheduled for lift off on October 29, 2009.

NOCS technology from Nagravision

2009-09-29: Nagravision, a Kudelski Group company and the world\'s leading independent provider of value-added content protection solutions, announced a strategic license agreement with Intel Corporation involving Nagravision On-Chip Security (NOCS) technology and IntelŽ CE media processors.

SES Enters Maritime Market With ASTRA2Connect

2009-09-29: SES S.A. announced that it has expanded the market for its successful satellite-based interactive broadband service ASTRA2Connect, and is now offering the service in the maritime market to commercial fleets and leisure yachts operating mainly in the North and Baltic Seas, and the northern Mediterranean.

Astrium will launch satellite for Germany

2009-09-29: Astrium will deliver into orbit the first of two military communications satellites for the German Bundeswehr. The first satellite has been shipped to the European Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana and is expected to be launched by an Ariane 5 launcher at the end of September.

SMOS Earth observation satellite shipped to Plesetsk

2009-09-29: The SMOS (Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity) Earth observation satellite has been shipped to the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia where he will start its launch campaign for a Rockot launch scheduled on November 2nd. SMOS has left the Thales Alenia Space plant in Cannes on September 16th.

Amazonas 2 satellite is integrated for launch

2009-09-29: Ariane 5’s payload fairing is hoisted into position for installation over Amazonas 2 in the satellite staging area of the Spaceport’s Final Assembly Building. Final payload integration is underway for Arianespace’s fifth Ariane 5 mission of 2009, with the Amazonas 2 telecommunications satellite now encapsulated in its payload fairing.