Satellite News

Lockheed Martin was selected by the U.S. Air Force Space Command, Space and Missile Systems Center to continue providing support and evolutionary growth to the command’s premier weather satellite receiving stations.

“China is a phenomenon which the world has not quite grasped. If their [satellite navigation] system is as professional as GPS and comes much cheaper, a European system will not be necessary and Europe will continue to depend on others.” — Czech European Parliament member and former cosmonaut Vladimir Remek commenting on possible further delays for Europe’s Galileo system

Eutelsat Communications confirmed that it has submitted an offer together with two Mexican partners for 100 percent ownership of Mexican satellite operator Satelites Mexicanos (SatMex).

Spacehab, Incorporated said that its Astrotech Space Operations subsidiary has been awarded several satellite processing contracts, in both the commercial and government sectors, for a value of US$4.7 million.

The third of four pairs of massive solar arrays and a second Solar Alpha Rotary Joint (SARJ), built by Lockheed Martin at its Space Systems facility in Sunnyvale, will be launched aboard the space shuttle Atlantis to the International Space Station (ISS) as early as 8 June.

The first of Italy’s Constellation of Small Satellites for Mediterranean basin Observation (COSMO) SkyMed satellite is scheduled for launch 8 June, 0221 (UTC) aboard a Delta II rocket from Vandenberg AFB [too late for this issue].

NASA managers officially are targeting 10 September 2008, for the launch of the fifth and final space shuttle servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope.

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