February 2018

http://www.satellitetoday.com/telecom/2018/02/12/steve-collar-become-ses-president-ceo/

http://www.satellitetoday.com/telecom/2018/02/12/skywatch-raises-seed-financing-3-2-million/

http://www.satellitetoday.com/launch/2018/02/12/spacex-prepares-launch-first-starlink-prototypes/

http://www.satellitetoday.com/telecom/2018/02/12/telemar-include-service-maintenance-carisbrooke-partnership/

http://www.satellitetoday.com/government/2018/02/12/mbrsc-unveils-final-design-first-arab-mars-probe/

Roskosmos has delayed the launch of a Soyuz rocket carrying a Progress cargo ship by two days after Sunday’s planned lift-off was aborted at the last minute. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018021100

The U.S. Air Force has awarded a US$428.8 million contract to Northrop Grumman for two payloads for the Enhanced Polar System’s satellites. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018021101

SES S.A. and Intelsat S.A. announced alignment on a proposal to the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) which seeks to protect the wide array of established satellite services in the 3,700-4,200 MHz C-band downlink spectrum while opening a specified portion of that spectrum for terrestrial mobile use. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018021102

According to Euroconsult’s newly-published report, FSS Operators: Benchmarks & Performance Reveiw, the size of the FSS market has been relatively stable over the last five years (US$11.3 billion), but behind this total significant changes have played out. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2018021103

http://www.satellitetoday.com/telecom/2018/02/09/ses-intelsat-execs-hail-proactive-c-band-initiative/