Satellite News

NASA has extended the missions of its two Mars rovers as well as that of Mars Global Surveyor and Mars Odyssey.

ESA’s energy-deprived Mars Express spacecraft has emerged from an eclipse season introducing a special, ultra-low-power mode nicknamed “Sumo.” The development of this new mode had become necessary as a faulty connection, discovered after launch, reduced the available power by almost a third.

Russia’s Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center will build KazSat 2 with the help of Russian and foreign companies, Novosti news agency reported.

As the launch campaign continues on track, the MetOp-A polar-orbiting weather satellite has been successfully mated to the Fregat upper stage, the European Space Agency said.

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the Solar-B scientific satellite aboard MV Launch…

SES Astra Techcom, a subsidiary of SES Astra, has been chosen to participate in Vietnam’s first public satellite project, Vinasat-1, SES Astra announced. SES Astra Techcom will deliver a pair of satellite-antenna systems that will provide telecommand…

Raytheon Co. will provide equipment designed to improve voice and data communications for the U.S. Army, the company announced Sept. 25. Raytheon will deliver 15…

A modernized GPS Block 2R satellite built by Lockheed Martin was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., the company announced Sept. 25. The satellite, designated GPS 2R-15(M), is the second in a…