Satellite News

Hamilton Sundstrand Rocketdyne, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp., has developed the Power Transfer Unit converter system for NASA’s Station-to-Shuttle Power Transfer System that will be activated during the 11-day STS-118 mission, which launched on 8 August.

Shin Satellite PCL reported financial results for the second quarter 2007.

EchoStar reported second quarter 2007 financial results.

Working with the U.S. Air Force and independent agencies, including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Lincoln Laboratory, Boeing-led Team TSAT has demonstrated that its Transformational Satellite Communications System Space Segment (TSAT) hardware and software can function in simulated operational environments, achieving Technology Readiness Level-6 (TRL-6).

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. has completed the integration and testing of Canada’s long-delayed next-generation Earth observation satellite, Radarsat-2.

For its third launch of the year, Arianespace will orbit two telecommunications satellites: Spaceway 3 for U.S. operator Hughes Network Systems, LLC and BSAT-3a for U.S. manufacturer Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems, within the framework of a turnkey contract for Japanese operator Broadcasting Satellite System Corporation (B-SAT).