Europe's biggest ever commercial telecommunications satellite is ready to begin serious testing ahead of its entry into service. Alphasat, which was launched 10 days ago on an Ariane rocket, is now at ...

(Phys.org)—Tucked away in a vacuum chamber for several months, Europe's largest telecom satellite has faced the harsh conditions it will deal with once it is launched into space this summer. Testing ...

The party to celebrate the launch of our Alphasat telecommunication satellite on the 25 th of July was great fun. Watching the live feed of the Ariane 5 rocket lifting-off majestically from French ...

ESA and Inmarsat Global Ltd announce on Friday 23 November in Paris the formal signature of the contract for Alphasat satellite, one of the world’s largest telecommunications satellites. The Alphasat ...

The upper portion of Ariane 5’s dual-passenger “stack” has been completed, with the Alphasat satellite and SYLDA dispenser system now encapsulated inside the launcher’s payload fairing in preparation ...

Africa will get improved satellite coverage when Astrium's Alphasat is launched from French Guiana later this year - the programme has reached a major milestone this week with the successful ...

Inmarsat provider of global mobile satellite communications services, confirms the successful launch of Alphasat, the largest satellite, designated I-4A F4. Alphasat was launched on an Ariane 5 ECA, ...

Alphasat represents something close to £0.75bn in public and private investment When, in 2007, the London Development Agency invested £12m in a new satellite project, there was consternation in ...

Just launched, Alphasat I-4A F4 was designed and built by Astrium as prime contractor and carries a new generation of advanced L-band mobile communications payload: for example, it can generate in ...

Inmarsat has placed a contract with EADS Astrium for the Alphasat I-XL, a telecommunications satellite developed jointly with Thales Alenia Space through the European Space Agency's Advanced Research ...

The key task of deploying Alphasat's big antenna was completed at the weekend Europe's biggest ever commercial telecommunications satellite is ready to begin serious testing ahead of its entry into ...