Satellite News

Intelsat Ltd is up for sale, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal reported, citing unnamed sources close to the company.

The European Space Agency said it has moved one step closer to defining its scientific programme for 2015-2025.

China’s recently launched Beidou M1 navigation satellite has arrived at its medium Earth orbit, Xinhua reported citing the Xi’an Satellite Control Center.

AeroAstro announced that STPSat-1 successfully completed Normal Operations Readiness Review (NORR), conducted on 28 March at the Space Development and Test Wing (SDTW) at Kirtland Air Force Base.

NASA has entered into an agreement with the U.S. Air Force to support abort flight test requirements for the Orion Project. The Air Force has contracted with Orbital Sciences Corp. to provide launch services for the flight tests.

During a meeting Monday at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, agency officials revised the target launch dates for space shuttle flights during the next 12 months.

Bigelow Aerospace said it has been informed by its launch services provider, ISC Kosmotras (”ISCK”), that the launch of the Genesis II spacecraft aboard a Dnepr will be delayed by as much as four weeks.

Rocket: Dnepr; Payload: 14 satellites; Date: 17 April 2007, 0646 UTC; Launch Site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The rocket successfully deployed the satellites into a 640 km Sun-synchronous orbit.