Re:SpaceX ABS/EUTELSAT-1 Launch Webcast [video]
by nraynaud on Monday March 02, 2015 @01:47AM
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interesting, this satellite company was using Ariane before. I guess the mood in Toulouse must be a bit strange.
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Re:SpaceX ABS/EUTELSAT-1 Launch Webcast [video]
by Loic on Monday March 02, 2015 @07:49AM
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Fun Fact #1: Satmex originally bought the launch services from SpaceX as well as the satellite bus from Boeing, before being acquired by EutelSat in 2014. EutelSat 115W B was originally called Satmex 7.
From: http://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/2x81fc/rspacex_eutel...
Re:SpaceX ABS/EUTELSAT-1 Launch Webcast [video]
by jcfrei on Monday March 02, 2015 @09:08AM
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ESA definitely has to step up its game if it wants to keep its leading market share in satellite launches.
Re:SpaceX ABS/EUTELSAT-1 Launch Webcast [video]
by louhike on Monday March 02, 2015 @05:07AM
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I cannot find what is the link with the city of Toulouse. As I'm currently living there, could you provide more details?
Re:SpaceX ABS/EUTELSAT-1 Launch Webcast [video]
by shasheene on Monday March 02, 2015 @05:57AM
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Probably because Airbus Defence and Space (formally known as EADS Astrium) -- the contractor which builds Ariane -- has a factory there: http://www.space-airbusds.com/en/locations/toulouse-gxq.html
Re:SpaceX ABS/EUTELSAT-1 Launch Webcast [video]
by nraynaud on Monday March 02, 2015 @07:35AM
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basically, the Ariane rockets partially built there and are controlled from there, and the satellites are built and controlled there.
I guess the meet each other pretty often, and now, the satellite guys are going out with another rocket company.
Re:SpaceX ABS/EUTELSAT-1 Launch Webcast [video]
by rsynnott on Monday March 02, 2015 @11:16AM
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> and now, the satellite guys are going out with another rocket company.
Looking quickly at a random handful of currently operating Eutelsat satellites, two launched by Ariane, one by Zenit (Russian/American/Norwegian/Ukranian), one by Proton (Russian), one by Atlas V (American). I think Eutelsat is already pretty familiar with the multi-vendor approach.