Satellite News

Raytheon Company said it successfully demonstrated that a traditional, transportable satellite communications terminal could be field configured to communicate without acquiring a satellite connection using Troposcatter.

Chinese officials said the country didn’t break an rules by performing its controversial anti-satellite (ASAT) weapon test in January, which remains on track to break all space debris records.

The launch of DirecTV 10 and DirecTV 11, apparently already delayed, is likely to be pushed back further as a consequence of the Zenit 3-SL failure.