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BERN, Switzerland, June 8, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Sea Launch announced today that it has released preliminary "Quick Look" payload unit (PLU) telemetry information to Intelsat S.A. and Space Systems Loral on June 8, 2012. The data covered the full mission profile from lift off at 22:23 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) on Thursday, May 31st (05:23 UTC/GMT, Friday, June 1) through Spacecraft separation. Sea Launch successfully inserted and separated the spacecraft into its...

BERN, Switzerland, June 1, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Sea Launch AG has successfully launched the Intelsat 19 satellite from the Equator on the ocean-based Launch PlatformOdyssey, completing its eleventh mission for Intelsat S.A. and marking Sea Launch's first of three planned missions in 2012. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120601/CG16245) The Zenit-3SL rocket carrying the spacecraft lifted off at 22:23 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) on Thursday, May 31st (05:23...

Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) on Tuesday announced its first commercial contract for its Falcon Heavy rocket, due for its inaugural launch sometime next year. The contract is with Intelsat, the world’s leading provider of satellite services. The value of the contract was not specified, but SpaceX has said it offers Falcon Heavy launches for $80 million - $125 million. “SpaceX is very proud to have the confidence of Intelsat,” said Elon Musk, CEO and chief designer at...

BERN, Switzerland, May 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- The Sea Launch vessels have departed Sea Launch Home Port in Long Beach, California for the equator, in preparation for the launch of the Intelsat-19 satellite owned by Intelsat. Liftoff is planned for 22:23 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT) on Thursday, May 31st (05:23 UTC/GMT, Friday, June 1), at the opening of a 120-minute launch window. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120520/CG10435 ) Upon their arrival at the launch...

MOSCOW and GERMANTOWN, Md., May 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, at the Sviaz-ExpoComm Exhibition in Moscow, the Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC), Russia's largest satellite communications operator, and Hughes Network Systems, LLC (Hughes), the world's leading provider of broadband satellite solutions and services, signed a technology cooperation memorandum of understanding (MOU) under which the companies will explore the development of multi-media video and broadband...

PALO ALTO, Calif. and GERMANTOWN, Md., May 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), the world's leading provider of commercial satellites, today announced that the EchoStar XVII satellite, designed and built for Hughes Network Systems, LLC (Hughes), a wholly owned subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation (NASDAQ: SATS), has arrived at the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, where it will be launched aboard an Ariane 5 launch vehicle by Arianespace. One of the...

GERMANTOWN, Md., April 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Hughes Network Systems, LLC (Hughes), the global leader in broadband satellite solutions and services, today announced that Pradman Kaul, president of Hughes, will be honored by the Arthur C. Clarke Foundation with the 2012 Innovator Award at a ceremony to be held April 12th at Intelsat headquarters in Washington, D.C. Kaul is being recognized for his sustained leadership in advancing satellite communications. Also receiving awards by...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Based on its recent analysis of the satellite transponder market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Cisco with the 2012 Global Frost & Sullivan Award for Technology Innovation. The Cisco Internet Routing in Space (IRIS) payload is the only router in space, making Cisco a 100 percent share owner of the space routing market. The Cisco space router takes advanced routing and switching in space to unprecedented levels of...

BERN, Switzerland, March 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Sea Launch AG has been selected to launch the Intelsat 27 communications satellite in early 2013. Intelsat 27 will be placed into an optimized geosynchronous transfer orbit (GTO) utilizing the highly-proven Sea Launch Zenit 3SL launch system. The launch will occur from Sea Launch's launch platform Odyssey at its equatorial launch site, located at 154 degrees West longitude, in the international waters of the Pacific Ocean....

LONDON, September 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Space Data Association [http://www.space-data.org/sda ] (SDA), established by commercial satellite operators to improve the safety and efficiency of space operations, today announced that the Full Operational Capability (FOC) analysis system in the SDA's Space Data Center has successfully met SDA objectives to become operational on 15 September 2011. The FOC, developed by the SDA's main technical adviser and systems developer...