Satellite News

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.

Bruce Henoch has joined Stratos Global Corp. as vice president for legal and regulatory affairs, the company announced Feb. 7…

Australian direct-to-home operators Foxtel and Austar have signed a four-year rights deal to broadcast…

Anaren Inc. will develop and produce the integrated beamforming assemblies for the Globalstar-2 satellite payload, Anaren announced Feb. 7. The…

Iridium Satellite has appointed eight new value-added partners offering Iridium-based products and services for remote asset management and other machine-to-machine data applications, Iridium announced Feb. 9. Among new resellers are…

Sea Launch’s Odyssey launch platform lost its flame deflector and the aft doors of the hangar have been knocked off their supports, the company announced Feb. 9. The flame deflector is located below the launch pad, while the hangar houses and protects the transporter-erector support structure during launch…

Five weather and space environmental sensors onboard the recently launched Defense Meteorological Satellite Program satellite DMSP F-17 have been switched on and are operating successfully, according to Northrop Grumman Corporation, the U.S. Air Force’s DMSP sensor management contractor.