Satellite News

Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) and Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) have contracted for Space Systems/Loral to manufacture the ABS-2 spacecraft which is scheduled for launch in 2013.

Scientists at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) have developed a new system for docking and capturing space satellites based on robotics and computer vision technology to autonomously guide a space vehicle to dock and capture the satellites, the university said.

China’s second unmanned lunar probe, Chang’e-2, is expected to have enough fuel to fly back to Earth, the vice chief-designer of the Beijing Aerospace Control Center (BACC) said.

Paradigm Services, part of Astrium Services’ Telecoms division, has entered into a 15-year contract with Telesat for the full X-band payload on Telesat’s Anik G1 satellite.

Sirius XM Radio announced that it added 334,727 net subscribers in the third quarter of 2010, compared to a net subscriber gain of 102,295 in the third quarter of 2009. At the same time, an investigation has been launched into how the company gets its subscribers.

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