Satellite News

In contrast to earlier reports, Russia plans to launch six Uragan satellites this year instead of three.

Mubadala Development Company of the United Arab Emirates plans to launch its first satellite, YahSat, in 2009.

The launch of a Dnepr rocket from Baikonur with a cluster of small satellites may be postponed until mid-April, a spokesman for the Russian Space Agency said.

Delays are nothing unusual in the space industry, but this one may have the potential for a new record. The first test flight of Russia’s yet-to-be-developed Angara rocket has been postponed to 2011, at least ten years later than originally planned.

The New Horizon Pluto probe recently went into safe mode after a memory problem but was recovered within two days.

One of Japan’s four spy satellites has stopped working on 25 March owing to problems with its electrical system (according to some reports with its battery).

Gary S. Howard has been named to the board of directors of WildBlue Communications…

RT Logic, a wholly owned subsidiary of Integral Systems Inc., announced availability of a low-cost and…