ILS appoints Tiphaine Louradour as President – Satellite News Digest
ILS International Launch Services, Inc. (ILS) announced the appointment of Tiphaine Louradour as President. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020031606
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ILS International Launch Services, Inc. (ILS) announced the appointment of Tiphaine Louradour as President. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020031606
The launch of the UAE’s FalconEye 2 satellite atop a Soyuz-ST from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana, which had initially been scheduled for 6 March but was delayed, will be carried out on 14 April according to a source in the space industry quoted by Tass. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020031500
GK Launch Services, an operator of Soyuz-2 commercial launches and RUAG Space, a leading independent space product supplier, have signed a Long-term Purchase Agreement for Payload Adapters and Separation systems for the Soyuz-2 launchers. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020031501
The launch of a new Russian-Belarusian satellite is scheduled for 2025, Director of GeoInformation Systems at Belarus’ National Academy of Sciences Sergei Zolotoi said in an interview with the newspaper SB. Belarus Segodnya. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020031502
Kacific1, Kacific Broadband Satellites Group’s (Kacific) first communications satellite, has entered commercial service and is ready to support customers across Asia Pacific. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020031503
The iFACT (iodine Fed Advanced Cusp field Thruster) project was successfully launched in Friedrichshafen, Germany in January 2020. Funded by the European Commission as part of its Horizon 2020 Programme, the EUR2 million project will run for 24 months. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020031504
In its latest research titled, "High Throughput Satellites: Vertical Market Analysis & Forecasts", Euroconsult projects that High Throughput Satellite (HTS) revenue will reach US$15 billion by 2028 with aggregate capacity leasing revenue over the 10 year period reaching US$85 billion by 2028. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020031505
The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Roskosmos Space Corporation have decided to postpone the launch of the second ExoMars mission to study the Red Planet to 2022. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020031200
Kymeta and Kepler Communications announced that they have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding to integrate Kepler’s Global Data Service into the just-announced Kymeta u8 Terminal and Kymeta Connect offering. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020031201
Spaceflight announced it is providing mission management and rideshare integration services for four organisations on Arianespace’s first dedicated rideshare mission on its Vega launch vehicle. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2020031100