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Proton returns after year hiatus with EchoStar-21 launch
Russia’s Proton rocket returned to service June 7, almost one year to the date from vehicle’s last flight, delivering a U.S. telecommunications satellite into geostationary transfer orbit.
A Proton rocket launched overnight on its first flight in a year
The Proton last launched almost exactly one year ago, having been grounded by technical issues since then.
Atlas 5 launches EchoStar 19
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 successfully launched a broadband satellite for EchoStar Dec. 18 on the company’s final mission of the year.
EchoStar expects Jan. 8 or 9 SpaceX launch, confronts Brazil and EU deadlines
Satellite fleet operator EchoStar Corp. on Nov. 23 said its EchoStar 23 tri-band telecommunications satellite for Brazil is expected to launch Jan. 8 or Jan. 9 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
Shares in some satellite companies fall after Falcon 9 explosion
Shares in some satellite operators who were customers of SpaceX fell sharply Sept. 1 after a Falcon 9 rocket was destroyed in a launch pad incident.
EchoStar, sitting on $3 billion in cash, tightlipped on future global satellite play
EchoStar Corp. on Aug. 9 said its recent $1.5 billion in bond offerings, which brought its cash reserve to $3 billion, were intended to provide sufficient liquidity to invest in one or more global satellite projects that it declined to identify.
Inmarsat, citing SpaceX delays, to miss European deadline for aeronautical broadband service
Mobile satellite services provider Inmarsat is all but certain to miss a European regulatory deadline for its satellite-terrestrial aeronautical broadband service, raising the possibility that one or more governments could revoke Inmarsat’s rights to the radio spectrum, industry officials said.
Ariane 5 rocket launches satellites for EchoStar and Indonesia’s BRI bank
A European Ariane 5 ECA rocket on June 18 successfully placed commercial telecommunications satellites for Dish Network of the United States and BRI bank of Indonesia into geostationary transfer orbit.
EchoStar: Hughes S. American broadband starts this summer, European mobile service faces delay
EchoStar Corp.’s Hughes division on May 10 said a recent consumer satellite broadband contract with the Turkish government and a combined Eutelsat/Facebook deal in Africa are just the start of the company’s ambition of replicating its U.S. success elsewhere.
Inmarsat: ViaSat’s ‘mythical beast’ poses no threat to aero broadband business
Mobile satellite services provider Inmarsat on March 3 sought to reassure investors that it had not become a capex junkie despite adding some $800 million in new spending over six years for two L- and Ka-band satellites and the likely need to spend more to secure its new commercial aviation-connectivity business in Europe.
EchoStar Sees HughesNet Revenue Gain Despite Subscriber Volatility
Company officials say they are positioning EchoStar to capture the growing demand for broadband regardless of what form it takes.
EchoStar Explains Why Jupiter-2 is Launching on Atlas instead of Ariane
EchoStar will launch a broadband communications satellite on an Atlas, not an Ariane, next year.
Hughes, Nearly Oversubscribed, Has Longer Wait for Relief
EchoStar Corp. on May 7 said its EchoStar 19/Jupiter 2 Ka-band broadband satellite, designed to relieve demand pressure on EchoStar’s Hughes consumer satellite broadband service, would not be launched until late 2016.
EchoStar Reports Slowdown in Broadband Sign-ups
EchoStar Corp. said its Hughes consumer satellite broadband service provider reported a slowdown in net subscriber additions in the three months ending Dec. 31 as it reaches the saturation point on several of its satellite beams.
