Satellite News

Loral Space & Communications Inc. has won a jury verdict in the Supreme Court for the State of New York, USA, in its contract action against Rainbow DBS Holdings, Inc., a subsidiary of Cablevision Systems Corporation.

The uplink and downlink phased array antennas developed by Northrop Grumman Corporation for the first Advanced Extremely High Frequency (EHF) military satellite communications payload have been successfully integrated onto the first flight structure, and their performance has been verified alongside other essential payload components.

In the night between 17 and 18 January 2007, the protective cover of the COROT telescope has been successfully opened, and COROT has seen for the first time light from stars.

Space Systems/Loral has been awarded a contract to manufacture a new direct broadcast satellite (DBS) for EchoStar Orbital Corporation II, a subsidiary of EchoStar Communications Corporation.