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  • Photo credit: GSA

    EGNOS payload enters service on EUTELSAT 5 West B

    Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) announces that the GEO-3 payload of the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay System (EGNOS), a hosted payload aboard its EUTELSAT 5 West B satellite, has successfully entered into service.

  • Entry into commercial service of EUTELSAT 7C

    Entry into commercial service of EUTELSAT 7C

    Eutelsat Communications’ EUTELSAT 7C satellite has entered full commercial service and is ready to support broadcast customers across Africa, Europe, the Middle East and Turkey.

  • Crédit photo : Arianespace

    Successful launch of EUTELSAT KONNECT

    The EUTELSAT KONNECT satellite was successfully launched into Geostationary Transfer Orbit by Arianespace using an Ariane 5 rocket that lifted off from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana, at 9.05 pm Universal Time (10.05 pm CET) on January 16.

  • Update on EUTELSAT 5 West B status

    Update on EUTELSAT 5 West B status

    On October 24, 2019, Eutelsat announced an investigation into a malfunction on one of the two solar arrays on its EUTELSAT 5 West B satellite. Pursuant to this investigation, the loss of the satellite’s South solar array has been confirmed. With the exception of the South solar array, the satellite performance remains nominal.

  • Eutelsat requests the withdrawal of Moody’s ratings

    Eutelsat requests the withdrawal of Moody’s ratings

    Eutelsat Communications has requested Moody’s Investors Service to withdraw all of its ratings on the Group. This decision was made in the context of the Group’s ongoing cost rationalization.

  • Artist rendition of KONNECT satellite (Credit: Thales Alenia Space)

    Eutelsat’s KONNECT satellite ready to ship to launch site

    The all-electric KONNECT communications satellite built by Thales Alenia Space, the joint company between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), for the international operator Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) is now undergoing final preparation prior to being shipped to the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana, for a launch planned mid-January 2020.

  • Eutelsat’s statement on FCC decision regarding C-Band spectrum

    Eutelsat’s statement on FCC decision regarding C-Band spectrum

    Paris, 18 November 2019 – Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) welcomes the decision of the FCC laying out a framework for the public auction of a portion of C-band spectrum between 3.7-4.2 GHz, which it regards as an important first step in expediting rapidly and equitably the clearance of C band frequencies for mobile 5G services.
    Eutelsat looks forward to engaging with the FCC in a

  • Photo credit : (Adrien Daste 2018)

    Eutelsat announces first signing of Eutelsat CIRRUS solution on the African continent with Orao Telecom Congo

    On the inaugural day of AfricaCom 2019, Eutelsat Communications announces a multiyear contract signature with Orao Telecom Congo for video capacity aboard one of its satellites located at 7° East, a privileged position for Africa. In a first for the African continent, Orao Telecom Congo has also signed up to Eutelsat CIRRUS; Eutelsat’s hybrid satellite/OTT delivery of channels.

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