Satellite News

OHB Technology AG has acquired 50 percent of the interest in RST Raumfahrt Systemtechnik GmbH, Salem, from the company’s founder and owner, Prof. Dr. Hans Martin Braun. Financial details were not disclosed.

The Boeing Company reported financial results for the year and the fourth quarter of 2007.

A U.S. military official speaking under the condition of anonymity has confirmed that the spy satellite soon to re-enter the atmosphere is indeed NRO-L21 (USA 193).

NASA senior managers today completed a review of space shuttle Atlantis’ readiness for flight. Pending closure of an issue with a shuttle radiator hose, the STS-122 mission will launch on 7 February, 1945 UTC.

International Launch Services (ILS) of the United States, Thales Alenia Space of France and Al Yah Satellite Communications Co. (Yahsat) of the United Arab Emirates announced an agreement to launch a Yahsat spacecraft on a Proton M/Briz M vehicle.

Swedish Space Corporation’s subsidiary NanoSpace has been contracted by ESA to develop a propellant gauging system for satellites. The contract is worth EUR500,000 (US$739,000).

China’s first lunar probing satellite, Chang’e-1, adjusted its operating orbit to avoid a power shortage during an upcoming moon eclipse.

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. announced that its Montreal operation has been awarded an advanced technology multi-million dollar contract by Thales Alenia Space.