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4 November 2025 – On November 4, 2025 at 6:02 p.m. local time in Kourou, French Guiana (9:02 p.m. UTC, 10:02 p.m. CET), Ariane 6 lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport carrying the Copernicus Sentinel-1D satellite. With this third commercial flight, Ariane 6, the European heavy-lift launcher operated by Arianespace, successfully placed Sentinel-1D into Sun-synchronous orbit…
4 November 2025 – The Copernicus Sentinel-1D Earth observation satellite, built by prime contractor Thales Alenia Space was successfully launched by Arianespace with an Ariane 6 rocket from Europe’s spaceport, in French Guiana. Sentinel-1D is part of Copernicus, the Earth Observation component of the European Union’s Space Programme. This program is managed by the European…
3 November 2025 – SES will soon provide more satellite capacity over Japan and across Asia for commercial airline customers following an agreement for the full Ku-band capacity of the geostationary communications satellite Superbird-C2, owned by SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation. The Superbird-C2 satellite will be repositioned from its current orbital location at 144 degrees East…
3 November 2025 – ST Engineering iDirect, a leader in satellite communications, today announced its continued partnership with Verizon Frontline to enhance its emergency response capabilities through a significant infrastructure upgrade. Verizon is upgrading its network to ST Engineering iDirect’s Intuition infrastructure, featuring DCR/DBR, a virtualized, cloud-native hub architecture. This modernization reduces Verizon’s physical footprint…