Satellite News

State-controlled Argentinian satellite operator Ar-Sat and applied research institute INVAP last month entered into an agreement under which INVAP will build three communication satellites until 2017 for the equivalent of about EUR126.7 million/US$163.4 million.

All four satellites put in orbit by India’s PSLV-C7 “are very healthy,” officials at the Vikaram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) said.

Snecma recently signed a contract with the European Space Agency concerning the Vinci engine demonstration programme.

A U.S. spy satellite launched last year has failed in orbit, Reuters reports citing unnamed sources.