BLUE ORIGIN COMPLETES TEST FLIGHT
On November 25, Blue Origin, LLC (Blue Origin)
successfully completed the first orbital test flight and landing of
its reusable, vertical takeoff and vertical landing New
Shepard space vehicle, reaching a test altitude of 100.5km
before returning to land at its launch site in West Texas. Blue
Origin expects the New Shepard to carry six astronauts to altitudes
beyond 100km.
INTELSAT AND JSAT TO FORM HTS JV
On November 4, Intelsat S.A. (Intelsat) and
SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation (JSAT) announced that
they signed a definitive agreement to form a joint venture that
will launch and operate Horizons 3e, a new
satellite with optimized Cband and high throughput Ku-band capacity
based on the design of the Intelsat
EpicNG next generation platform.
Horizons 3e will be positioned at the 169°E orbital location,
from where it will provide aeronautical and maritime mobility,
broadband connectivity and cellular backhaul services to
