Echostar
Errant EchoStar-3 satellite retired into graveyard orbit
An EchoStar satellite that stopped obeying commands this summer has since been boosted into a graveyard orbit some 350 kilometers above the geostationary belt, EchoStar said Sept. 6.
EchoStar buys Jupiter-3 “ultra high density satellite” from SSL
Satellite fleet operator EchoStar of Englewood, Colorado, revealed Aug. 9 it had signed a contract with Space Systems Loral for the long-awaited Jupiter-3/EchoStar-24 satellite meant to further propel the company’s broadband internet success in the Americas and compete head to head with ViaSat’s forthcoming ViaSat-3 system.
ComSpOC warned Bolivian space agency of EchoStar-3 pass
Analytical Graphics Inc. of Exton, Pennsylvania contacted the Bolivian Space Agency July 29 to warn that its sole satellite was in the approximate path of EchoStar’s uncommunicative EchoStar-3 satellite.
EchoStar loses contact with EchoStar-3 while changing orbit
A 20-year old satellite in fleet operator EchoStar’s constellation is drifting after an anomaly crippled communications, the company said today.
Thales FlytLive gets FCC approval for Ka-band aero-connectivity network in US
A decision by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to allow the use of Thales FlytLive aeronautical terminals opens the market to a fourth competitive reseller in what is currently the largest regional inflight connectivity market.
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.
