10 June 2016
Intelsat 31 Telecommunications Satellite Successfully Placed in Orbit
... first to a circular parking orbit, then to an intermediate orbit, followed by a transfer orbit, and finally to a supersynchronous transfer orbit. Intelsat has reported that the 6,450 kilogram satellite was in orbit and has sent signals after its...
09 October 2019
The first satellite servicing spacecraft launches successfully
....” While the MEV heads towards its first client, Intelsat controllers will start to raise their satellites altitude by nearly... two will stay attached for at least five years, although Intelsat operators have an option to extend the mission by a couple...
01 July 2016
The Week in Space: Business Digest
... risks for individual cargo missions were “managed by the program through well-established control board processes.” Intelsat finds private funding to repurchase debt. Dealing with allegations from Aurelius Capital Management LP (New York) that...
March 2015
On-orbit satellite servicing, insurance and lessons of Palapa B2 and Westar 6
... of Jim Barrett’s insurance company, International Technology Underwriters. Intelsat 603 rescue Six years later in 1992, NASA again .... It took three attempts to capture the spinning Intelsat 603 satellite. Ultimately it required three astronauts to...
28 January 2016
Historic Intelsat Satellite Launch Successful
... of placing two satellites weighing a combined 10,000 kilograms into geostationary transfer orbit, launched the 6,552-kilogram Intelsat 29e as a solo passenger. Arianespace Chief Executive Stephane Israel said before the launch that the flight...
April 2021
Satellite servicing comes of age
..., MEV-1 is only the first is a series of satellite servicing vehicles, with MEV-2 launched in August 2020 to service another Intelsat satellite, which it will reach early in 2021. Our next spacecraft, in development now for launch in 2024, is the...
