BAIKONUR, KAZAKHSTAN - JUNE 2013: Aerial view across the Cosmodrome including what is believed to be the Boran shuttle test facility and Energia launch pad. The Baikonur Cosmodrome is the world's first and largest operational space launch facility. It is located in the desert steppe...
BLAGNAC AIRPORT, TOULOUSE, FRANCE - MAY 2013: A satellite, commissioned by SES and constructed by Astrium, is safely stowed in a pressurised shipping container for transport by road and air. The container (weighing over 9 tons) is loaded by crane and ramp into a waiting...
ASTRIUM, TOULOUSE, FRANCE - APRIL 2013: A satellite, commissioned by SES and constructed by Astrium, is mounted into a custom pressurised shipping contrainer in the export room of Astrium’s test facility in Toulouse. The container will lower the satellite horizontally before being sealed and secured...
ASTRIUM, TOULOUSE, FRANCE - APRIL 2013: A satellite, commissioned by SES and constructed by Astrium, is mounted into a custom pressurised shipping contrainer in the export room of Astrium’s test facility in Toulouse. The container will lower the satellite horizontally before being sealed and secured...
ASTRIUM, TOULOUSE, FRANCE - APRIL 2013: A satellite, commissioned by SES and constructed by Astrium, is positioned in the clean room of Astrium’s test facility in Toulouse. This clean room is the principal area of electrical circuit and system assembly. Robust testing is completed throughout...
ORBITAL FACILITY, DULLES, VIRGINIA - APRIL 2013: SES-8 is built by Orbital Sciences Corporation and will be the first geostationary satellite that will be launched using SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket. The satellite will be co-located with NSS-6 at 95 degrees East to provide growth capacity...
ORBITAL FACILITY, DULLES, VIRGINIA - APRIL 2013: SES-8 is built by Orbital Sciences Corporation and will be the first geostationary satellite that will be launched using SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket. The satellite will be co-located with NSS-6 at 95 degrees East to provide growth capacity...
ASTRIUM, TOULOUSE, FRANCE - MARCH, 2013: A satellite, commissioned by SES and constructed by Astrium, is positioned in the clean room of Astrium’s test facility in Toulouse. This clean room is the principal area of electrical circuit and system assembly. Robust testing is completed throughout...
ASTRIUM, TOULOUSE, FRANCE - MARCH, 2013: A satellite, commissioned by SES and constructed by Astrium, is mounted in the Thermo-Vacuum chamber of Astrium’s test facility in Toulouse. The chamber is designed to both simulate the vacuum of space but also the cycle of temperature and...
ASTRIUM, TOULOUSE, FRANCE - MARCH, 2013: The Satellite SES-6, commissioned by SES and constructed by Astrium, is mounted in the Near Field Range of Astrium’s test facility in Toulouse. The satellite is seen with all of its reflectors deployed. The SES-6 satellite is scheduled to...