Satellite News

The launch of the Delta II with the U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s STSS Demo mission has been delayed again. The postponement will also cause a delay of the following Delta II mission.

NASA’s Kepler spacecraft is approximately 18 million kilometers from Earth, and continuing its drift-away orbit. All systems are operating normally.

GHL Acquisition Corp. announced that its stockholders have voted to approve its acquisition of Iridium Holdings LLC.

SkyTerra announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement for SkyTerra to be acquired by a new corporation formed and indirectly wholly-owned by Harbinger Capital Partners Master Fund I, Ltd and Harbinger Capital Partners Special Situations Fund, L.P.

The world’s first commercial, high-resolution, Earth imaging satellite, Ikonos, achieved its 10th year of operation on 24 September 2009.

“There is no such rocket designated with that number.” – A high-ranking ISRO official about PSLV-C13, according to IANS. The most recent PSLV, designated C14, was preceded by C12. The official reportedly declined to comment whether ISRO considered 13 an unlucky number.