Satellite News

GOCE’s electric ion propulsion system has been switched on and confirmed to be operating normally, marking another milestone in the satellite’s post-launch commissioning phase.

Annual funding for the Russian GLONASS satellite navigation programme up to 2011 will not change, a Roskosmos official said.

Russian Rocket and Space Corporation Energia has won the tender for the design of a new Russian manned spacecraft.

The U.S. Department of Defense will pay Lockheed Martin and Boeing most of the cost they incurred in creating their United Launch Alliance joint venture.

Satlynx has announced an agreement for the purchase of a significant volume of capacity on the Arabsat-5A satellite available for commercial service early in 2010.

SWE-DISH Satellite Systems AB has received XTAR approval for the SWE-DISH Suitcase CCT120 ultra-portable SATCOM terminal to operate on its X-band satellite system.

“Our space control system has not registered the placement of the North Korean satellite into orbit. According to our data, it simply is not there.” — An unnamed high-ranking source with the Russian General Staff, according to Interfax.