Satellite News

The article “Update: Ariane 5 lifts two comsats, Japanese experiment” (14 October 2006) gave an incorrect figure for the perigee of that flight’s injection orbit.

Globecomm Systems Inc. has been awarded a contract for fifty Auto-Explorer satellite terminals to support the U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division valued at US$5.3 million.

Globecomm Systems Inc. has been awarded a contract for fifty Auto-Explorer satellite terminals to support the U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division valued at US$5.3 million.

EchoStar Communications Corporation has launched “DISH Network High-Speed Internet powered by WildBlue,” a satellite-delivered broadband Internet service.

EchoStar Communications Corporation has launched “DISH Network High-Speed Internet powered by WildBlue,” a satellite-delivered broadband Internet service.

The Cross-track Infrared Sounder (CrIS) that is to fly aboard the U.S. National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Preparatory Project (NPP) satellite has been damaged during testing, officials confirmed.

The Cross-track Infrared Sounder (CrIS) that is to fly aboard the U.S. National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Preparatory Project (NPP) satellite has been damaged during testing, officials confirmed.

Turkey plans to build a small imaging satellite, according to officials speaking at a foundation-laying ceremony for an airplane and satellite mounting and integration plant at TUSAS Aerospace Industries, Inc. (TAI) facilities in Ankara.