Satellite News

OHB-System AG has recently been awarded a contract by the German Federal Office of Defence Technology and Procurement (BWB), Koblenz, for the implementation of the European satellite-based reconnaissance system.

NASA’s Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions During Substorms (THEMIS) spacecraft has arrived in Florida to begin final testing and launch preparations. THEMIS is scheduled to lift off on 15 February aboard a Delta II rocket from Launch Complex 17-B on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

The Minotaur I rocket with TacSat 2 and GeneSat 1 aboard will be launched no earlier than 15 December.

Rocket: Proton M/Briz M; Payload: Measat 3; Date: 11 December 2006, 2328 UTC; Launch Site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The mission lasted 9 hours and 12 minutes before Measat 3 was released into a geosynchronous transfer orbit.

Archetype Corp. of Birmingham, Ala., has appointed Alva Wright as director of West Coast sales, the company announced Dec. 11. Wright will manage operations at Archetype’s satellite offices in San Diego, Calif…

The mobile unit of RTL Interactive has signed a contract to use SES Astra’s Blucom service, which allows broadcasters to provide interactive…

Intelsat announced Dec. 11 that it has renewed and expanded its agreement with the National Basketball Association (NBA) for international distribution of the league’s games. The NBA’s distribution network will include…

Shin Satellite Public Co., operator of the IPStar satellite system, has partnered with RaySat Antenna System LLC, a provider of satellite antenna technology for two-way mobile applications, to offer a mobile…