New ASTRA Satellite at Prime Orbital Position 19.2 Degrees East / Back-up Scheme / HDTV Channels SES ASTRA, an SES GLOBAL company, is pleased to announce that its new ASTRA 1KR satellite has been ...

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan & LUXEMBOURG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SES S.A. (NYSE Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG) announces that the ASTRA 2G satellite roared into space on board an ILS Proton Breeze M booster last night at ...

LUXEMBOURG & KOUROU, French Guiana--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SES ASTRA, an SES company (Paris:SESG)(LuxX:SESG), announced today that after additional technical checks, the launch of its new satellite ASTRA 3B ...

SES ASTRA's latest telecom satellite was on track for its scheduled Thursday launch from Cape Canaveral in the United States. The ASTRA-1KR spacecraft will provide direct-to-home broadcast services in ...

SES S.A. (NYSE Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) announces that the ASTRA 5B satellite went live today at the orbital position of 31.5 degrees East over Central and Eastern Europe, ...

SES has confirmed that its new Astra 1N satellite has entered commercial service at the orbital position of 28.2 degrees East. Astra 1N was built by Astrium on the Eurostar E3000 platform and is ...

SES ASTRA, an SES GLOBAL company (Paris:SESG)(LuxX:SESG), has announced today that it has awarded the contract for the construction of its new satellite, ASTRA 3B, to the European satellite ...

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 ...

SES ASTRA, an SES company (Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG), announced today that the launch of its new satellite ASTRA 1M from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan is scheduled for 31 October 2008. ASTRA 1M ...

Small satellite launcher Astra says it has identified the culprit behind its bizarre launch failure in August, which caused the company’s rocket to hover sideways right after takeoff before briefly ...

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 ...