Satellite News

As many people are now aware, there are new changes that are to occur within the analogue television sector. The switch over that is to occur between 2007 and 2012 means that many homes need to switch to digital television, which is available in variety of forms.

Rocket: Ariane 5 ECA; Payload: JCSAT-12, Optus-D2; Date: 21 August 2009, 2209 UTC; Site: Kourou, French Guiana. JCSAT-12 was placed into its target orbit approx. 24 minutes after lift-off, followed by Optus-D3 seven minutes later.

South Korea has rescheduled the launch of its KSLV-1 for 25 August at around 0800 UTC, government officials said.

Kazakhstan’s defunct KazSat-1 has recently been put into graveyard orbit under relatively odd circumstances.