Satellite News

The Boeing Company reported financial results for the third quarter of 2007.

Malaysia’s government wants its own communications satellite, to be used for internal security and defence purposes, reports said.

The launch of a Proton-K booster rocket with three GLONASS satellites from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, has been pushed back one day.

Rocket: Chang Zheng 3A; Payload: Chang’e 1; Date: 24 October 2007, 1005 UTC; Site: Xichang Satellite Launch Centre, China. The country’s first lunar probe was successfully placed in a 205 km x 50,930 km Earth orbit at 1029 UTC and has meanwhile deployed its solar panels.