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 by AFP Staff Writers Moscow (AFP) Oct 12, 2022
Russia launched a new Angolan communications satellite on Wednesday from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Roscosmos agency said, after Luanda's first satellite was lost in space. A Proton-M rocket blasted off at 1500 GMT and Angosat-2 was "being put into orbit", the agency said. Angosat-1 was also deployed by a Russian rocket in December 2017, but Moscow announced it had lost control of the satellite as soon as it entered orbit. Contact was re-established several days later before it was totally lost into space. Under an agreement with Luanda, Russia built Angosat-2 to replace the first satellite with the aim of improving internet access and television coverage in Africa.
Northrop Grumman-built commercial telecommunications satellites launched successfully Dulles VA (SPX) Oct 11, 2022 The Galaxy 33 and Galaxy 34 C-band satellites built by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) were successfully launched yesterday aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The satellites, based on Northrop Grumman's flight proven GEOStar platform, were built for Intelsat and designed for 15 years of on-orbit life. "Our GEOStar-3 satellite bus is a proven platform that commercial communications providers like Intelsat count on to deliver vital communicat ... read more
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