Satellite News

Integral Systems, Inc. announced that it has been awarded a sole-source contract to upgrade Taiwan’s NSPO’s (National Space Organisation’s) existing mission operations system to simultaneously operate the NSPO’s new Argo satellite and the existing FORMOSAT-2 and FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC spacecraft.

Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems delivered the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) unit for the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) to Ball Aerospace & Technology Co. for integration and testing on the NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) spacecraft.

Boeing announced that GOES-13 (GOES-N), the first of three Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) that will support more accurate prediction and tracking of severe storms and other weather phenomena, has completed on-orbit testing and has been accepted by NASA.

South Korea plans to launch its first KSLV (Korea Space Launch Vehicle) next year, becoming the world’s ninth country to do so, officials said.