Satellite News

Telecom, Media and Finance Associates, Inc. (TMF Associates), a specialist Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) consulting firm, has released a new research report on developments in the mobile satellite market.

SES Americom announced that NewCom International has signed a marketing agreement to add REDiSat to its comprehensive suite of communications solutions being offered to a diverse customer base.

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. and its subcontractors have advanced development on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) by delivering the telescope’s secondary mirror segment for grinding and polishing.

Boeing and its partners became the first team to successfully demonstrate the ability of its Transformational Satellite (TSAT) laser communications system to deliver high-power operations at three data rates during recent U.S. Air Force tests.

Lockheed Martin announced the delivery of the eighth and final satellite in the modernised Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-M) production programme to the U.S. Air Force.

Engineers for the Ariane 5 launcher are considering modifications to the rocket which would include the use of the Russian-built Fregat upper stage for Ariane 5 missions requiring multiple restarts once in orbit.

Rocket: Falcon 1; Payload: Demosat; Date: 21 March, 0110 UTC; Launch Site: Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands. Although the rocket failed to reach orbit as planned, SpaceX called the launch “pretty good” as it had proven 95+ percent of the Falcon 1 systems.

Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) appointed John Mattingly to the position of president, satellite…