Satellite News

A U.S. District Court has dismissed a class action lawsuit filed by shareholders against XM Satellite Radio last May.

Intelsat, Ltd. reported results for the three month period and fiscal year ending 31 December 2006.

The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has released a first video from Orbital Express on-orbit demonstration.

The spacecraft structure of Chandrayaan-I, India’s first unmanned mission to the moon,has arrived at the ISRO Satellite Centre (ISAC) from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited.

The Anik F3 satellite, designed and built by Astrium Satellites for Canada-based operator Telesat, is being prepared in Baikonur for launch on 10 April 2007 aboard an ILS Proton Briz M launch vehicle.

South Korea aims to launch its first KSLV rocket in late 2008 with the help of technology from Russia, the country’s Science Ministry said. The two governments recently concluded detailed negotiations on key issues related to their technology safeguard agreement (TSA).

Two more satellites have been moved from Zenit rockets to Ariane 5 after the explosion of a Zenit-3SL in January.

The Zefiro 9 solid rocket motor – which is to power the third stage of ESA’s future small launcher Vega – failed in a recent test for unknown reasons.