5G – Spaceflight Now

May 22, 2025

Breaking News

[ May 20, 2025 ] New Falcon 9 booster makes its debut on Starlink delivery mission Falcon 9
[ May 19, 2025 ] SpaceX scrubs Monday night Falcon 9 launch minutes before liftoff Falcon 9
[ May 19, 2025 ] Department of the Air Force issues draft documents for new SpaceX launch site at Vandenberg Space Force Base Mission Reports
[ May 16, 2025 ] SpaceX launches 1,000th Starlink satellite of the year during Friday morning mission Falcon 9
[ May 14, 2025 ] Axiom Mission 4 delayed due to Dragon capsule readiness Mission Reports

ULA, SpaceX win contracts to launch satellites for SES in 2022

August 5, 2020 Stephen Clark

SES has selected United Launch Alliance and SpaceX to launch up to five new commercial C-band communications satellites from Cape Canaveral in 2022 aboard Atlas 5 and Falcon 9 rockets, officials announced Wednesday.

Intelsat, SES buy 10 C-band broadcast satellites from U.S. manufacturers

June 16, 2020 Stephen Clark

Intelsat and SES, operators of the two largest fleets of geostationary communications satellites, have ordered 10 spacecraft from Maxar, Northrop Grumman and Boeing for launches beginning in 2022 to replace C-band capacity being transitioned to 5G cellular network services.