Satellite News

India’s latest communication satellite INSAT-4B has become fully operational and will reach its final location tomorrow, ISRO announced.

Northrop Grumman Corporation and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI, formerly Israel Aircraft Industries) have teamed to build and launch operational surveillance satellites in a responsive production cycle to provide U.S. government users with all-weather, day/night imaging capabilities.

Dates have been announced for the launch of the Italian Agile spacecraft aboard an Indian rocket; the launch of four Globalstar satellites aboard a Russian rocket; and the next space shuttle flight.

Rocket: Chang Zheng 2C; Payload: Haiyang-1B; Date: 11 April 2007, 0327 UTC; Launch Site: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre, China. The country’s second oceanic survey satellite entered its preset orbit a few minutes after lift-off.