Satellite News

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a contract valued at approximately US$50 million to execute a System Design Review for the next generation Global Positioning System space segment programme, known as GPS Block III.

Eutelsat Communications and Alcatel Alenia Space have signed a contract under which Alcatel Alenia Space will manufacture and deliver Eutelsat’s W7 communications satellite.

Several tiny satellites were released from the payload bay of space shuttle Discovery today as part of NASA’s Space Test Program-H2 (STP-H2).