Satellite News

China has for the first time admitted that its Beidou 1D (or Beidou 2A) satellite developed a problem shortly after launch on 3 February but said the malfunction has now been fixed.

Beginning April 16, SatelliteToday.com will feature the…

Intelsat officials met with Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to the United States April 10 to discuss steps to halt the unauthorized use of one an Intelsat satellite by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a Sri Lanka-based terrorist…

Eumetsat, the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, confirmed that Meteosat-9 is now the prime satellite…

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Office of Space Commercialization (OSC) released a strategic plan designed to improve responsiveness and efficiency in space commerce. The plan describes how OSC intends to utilize conditions to improve economic growth and technological advancement…

SpaceDev Inc. finalized a memorandum of understanding with United Launch Alliance to pursue launching the SpaceDev Dream Chaser aboard an Atlas 5 rocket, SpaceDev announced April 10. The…

Hughes Network Systems LLC has supplied a broadband satellite system to Galaxy Broadband Communications…

Globalstar Inc. has launched a satellite airtime rate plan, which will provide customers in the United States with unlimited satellite voice minutes for calls to the…