Satellite News

Russia has postponed the launch of a Soyuz-2.1a rocket from the Plesetsk space centre for 24 hours, Space Forces spokesman Alexei Kuznetsov said.

The launch of Japan’s next radar spy satellite aboard an H-IIA from Tanegashima Space Centre has been scheduled for 15 February 2007, the government said according to Kyodo news agency.

Space shuttle Discovery successfully concluded the STS-116 mission with a touchdown at Kennedy Space Center at 2232 UTC.

ShifTV Inc., an Internet broadcaster of ethnic and niche programming, announced Dec. 20 an exclusive IPTV agreement with Sky Angel, a…

Swales Aerospace has completed a critical design review for the TacSat-3 Modular Bus program, the company announced. TacSat-3 is sponsored by…

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a contract valued at about $50 million to execute a system design review for the next-generation GPS space segment, Lockheed Martin announced…

Alcatel Alenia Space will manufacture the W7 satellite for Eutelsat Communications, the two companies announced Dec. 21. The spacecraft…

Globecomm Systems Inc. has been awarded a five-year Life Cycle Support services contract from Harris Corporation valued at US$5.5 million, subject to annual funding, to sustain the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) FTI-SAT programme.