Satellite News

Rocket: Chang Zheng 3C; Payload: Beidou-16 ‘Compass-G6′; Date: 25 October 2012, 1535 UTC; Launch site: Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China. The navigation satellite was placed into geostationary transfer orbit.

Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman Yang Yujun has dismissed media reports about a planned test launch of an anti-satellite missile in November.

The Russian manned transportation spacecraft Soyuz TMA-06M has docked with the International Space Station (ISS) after two days of free flight in low Earth orbit.

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin an US$82 million contract to begin initial work on the fifth and sixth geosynchronous (GEO) satellites in the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) missile warning constellation.

Eutelsat reported revenues for the first quarter of the group’s fiscal year 2012/2013.

Intelsat S.A. announced an agreement with Grupo Chilefilms to provide satellite connectivity for a new digital cinema distribution network that will serve Mexico, the Caribbean and South America.

Scientists in the Advanced Materials and Nanosystems directorate at the Lockheed Martin Space Systems Advanced Technology Center (ATC) in Palo Alto have developed a nanotechnology copper-based electrical interconnect material, or solder, that can be processed around 200 degrees C.