Satellite News

Eutelsat has confirmed that operations of its W3A satellite have been fully restored to normal mode following an anomaly that occurred Oct. 9. Full…

The sale of 100 percent of the shares in Nera SatCom AS to Thrane & Thrane A/S has been completed, the companies announced.

Andrews Space, Inc. has been awarded a US$600,000 Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase II contract from NASA Dryden Flight Research Center to perform a study entitled “Flexible Transpiration Cooled Thermal Protection Systems (TPS) for Inflatable Atmospheric Capture and Entry Systems.”

All services provided by Meteosat 8 (MSG 1), which went into safe mode on 23 September, have been restored.

Alcatel Alenia Space has signed a EUR7.7 million Authorisation To Proceed (ATP) with Globalstar, Inc. to commence work on Globalstar’s second-generation satellite constellation.

Alliant Techsystems recently completed a successful on-pad assembly, or pathfinder operation, of an ATK-designed launch vehicle, the ALV. The company said it was on schedule to fly its first mission, designated ALV X-1, in 2007.

The launch of the next Ariane 5 ECA was postponed by 24 hours in order to carry out additional checks on components of the launcher.

Following the formal key point meeting with Starsem, the MetOp-A satellite mated to the Fregat upper stage has been successfully encapsulated in the fairing. The resulting Upper Composite will now be transferred, by train, from the integration facility to the launcher preparation facility.