SES ASTRA, an SES company (Paris:SESG)(LuxX:SESG), is pleased to announce that its new ASTRA 1M satellite has been successfully launched into orbit. ASTRA 1M roared into space onboard a Proton Breeze ...

An Atlas V launcher successfully carried the ASTRA 1KR satellite into orbit today, on the third mission of the year for International Launch Services (ILS). The 19-story Atlas V-411 vehicle lifted off ...

Scrub Recap: Read updates below from Tuesday's scrub of the SpaceX launch of the Astra 1P/SES-24 satellite from Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 40. SpaceX will try again Wednesday. With weather ...

SOFIA, Bulgaria & LUXEMBOURG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SES ASTRA, an SES company (Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG), announced today a further expansion into central and eastern Europe, and its entry into a new growth ...

Satellite operator SES has its latest satellite, Astra 1P (also known as SES-24) on SpaceX’s Florida launch pad. Subject to the usual weather considerations it should launch on June 19th at 5.25pm ...

Despite windy conditions and storms off the coast, SpaceX broke the almost two-week launch drought on Thursday, as a Falcon 9 blasted through the clouds carrying a European satellite into orbit.

European Ariane 5 booster to launch second ASTRA spacecraft within 4 months. Société Européenne des Satellites (SES) is pleased to report that the final preparations for the launch of its ASTRA 2D ...

Liftoff of the SES Astra 1P mission occurred on Thursday evening (June 20). When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. SpaceX successfully ...

A dozen TV channels broadcast via the Astra satellite experienced issues and were suspended from broadcasting as a result of a Russian attack on Ukraine’s satellite TV on 17 April. Source: reports ...

PARIS – SES Astra has awarded EADS Astrium a contract to build a spacecraft for its 19.2 deg. E. Long. neighborhood. The spacecraft, Astra 1N, will be launched in 2011, mainly to serve French, German ...