Satellite News

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) will build a second Galileo test satellite under a contract from the European Space Agency (ESA), SSTL announced March 5. The Galileo In Orbit Validation Elements-A2 (GIOVE-A2) will be…

Intelsat announced that U.K.-based ViewAfrica and ViewAsia Networks have launched two regional platforms on the Intelsat system, expanding their programme offering in Africa and Asia.

EMS Technologies, Inc. reported new earnings records for both the fourth quarter and full year of 2006.

The launch of several experimental satellites on the STP-1 mission aboard an Atlas V from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station is now scheduled for 9 March between 0237 and 0442 UTC.

ESA has awarded a contract to Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (UK) for initial activities leading to the construction of a second spacecraft for the Galileo satellite navigation system, the completion of which just seems to have slipped back further.

It was supposed to be China’s first next-generation navigation satellite, the cornerstone for a global positioning system. But instead, Beidou 1D (sometimes also referred to as Beidou 2A) might just be the latest setback for the country’s space programme.

The European Space Agency has released the technical details of the signals transmitted by the first Galileo test satellite, allowing receiver manufacturers and research institutions to use a real signal for research and development, the agency…

SES Americom deorbited the Satcom C-4 satellite, the company announced March 2. The spacecraft, built by GE Astro…