Satellite News

Thales Alenia Space announced that it has signed a contract with ARSAT Empresa Argentina de Soluciones Satelitales SA, to supply the payload for the third geostationary telecom satellite manufactured in Argentina, ARSAT-3, as well as options for two additional payloads.

The defunct NOAA 16 weather satellite has possibly suffered an in-orbit breakup, the Joint Space Operations Center of the U.S. Air Force warned satellite operators.

SpeedCast International Limited announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire ST Teleport, a satellite communications services provider based in Singapore.

Airbus Defence and Space has delivered the first ACES Ground Terminal to the German National Metrology Institute (Physikalisch Technische Bundesanstalt, PTB) in Braunschweig (Germany).

The Russian Transport Ministry has requested Roskosmos to restore the low-orbit segment of the COSPAS-SARSAT international search and rescue satellite system, a ministry official said on Thursday.

United Launch Alliance has been awarded a US$373.3 million contract modification by the U.S. Air Force to provide launch vehicle production services for two U.S. National Reconnaissance Office rockets.

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has chosen Arianespace to launch its GSAT-17 and GSAT-18 telecommunications satellites.

Airbus Defense and Space has expanded its strategic agreement with Inmarsat on Global Xpress high-speed broadband with a new agreement extending reselling of the ultra-fast broadband service to the U.S. government market.