Satellite News

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. has been awarded a development contract from the European Space Agency (ESA) to continue work on a geostationary small satellite platform, the…

MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) received two advanced technology contracts from EADS Astrium to provide a pair of…

Telenor Satellite Services has added Inmarsat’s Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) service as well as other satellite services to its offerings under its U.S. General…

“They are forcing us [Russia] to provide a six-member crew for the station. To do this, we must immediately start building [space]craft, and old ones as well at the insistence of the Americans (they don’t want to fly any modified craft). … The only reason why they are tolerating us now is they need time to make their Orion [rocket]. And then they’ll dump us with our 40-year Soyuz.” (Pavel Vinogradov, commander of the Expedition 13 crew of the International Space Station, in an interview published by Novosti Kosmonavtiki)

NASA agreed to co-operate with PlanetSpace Inc. and Transformational Space Corp. (t/Space) to support the companies as they develop capabilities to transport goods and people to orbital destinations.

Harris Corporation said it has successfully logged onto a Milstar satellite using an Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) Navy Multiband Terminal prototype system onboard a platform that simulates submarine conditions.

Spain’s GMV said it recently signed five new Galileo contracts worth over EUR40 million. These contracts involve the supply of key systems and also a significant participation in the engineering and design tasks of the complete system.

Brazil’s National Institute of Space Research (INPE) said that CBERS-2B, the third satellite to be launched in co-operation with China, is being assembled, integrated and tested.