Satellite News

Satellite operators have found a way to offer video-on-demand in competition with cable and telecom operators, according to a new study from ABI Research.

NASA’s Earth Observing System Program, according to the agency the world’s most advanced and comprehensive capability to measure global climate change, will receive the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Space Systems Award.

BCE has filed a preliminary prospectus and a registration statement with securities regulators for a US$400 million offering of non-voting shares in satellite operator Telesat.

Italian and U.S. space centres have received the first signals from the Italian-built SHARAD (SHAllow RADar) aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO).

With the launch of MetOp now set for 7 October at 1628 UTC, the MetOp-A satellite is out of storage and preparations for launch are well underway at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

NASA has delayed shuttle Atlantis’ landing by a day because of bad weather expected at the landing site. The agency also wants time to examine video of an object that may have accidentally flown out of the shuttle’s cargo bay.