Satellite News

Asia Satellite Telecommunications Holdings Limited announced its 2007 interim results for the six months ending 30 June 2007. It also said the launch of AsiaSat 5 would be delayed.

OHB Technology AG announced financial results for the first half of 2007. In related news, the company has completed the acquisition of Kayser-Threde GmbH.

Observations of solar flares by spacecraft at Mars, Venus and the Earth show that eruptions on the far side of the Sun may affect space weather back on Earth.

SpaceDev has been awarded a contract to develop a prototype lunar lander vehicle for the International Lunar Observatory Association (ILOA).

OHB-System AG recently dispatched the third SAR-Lupe satellite to the IABG satellite testing centre.

NASA’s Stennis Space Center broke ground for a new rocket engine test stand that will provide altitude testing for the J-2X engine. The engine will power the upper stages of NASA’s Ares I and Ares V rockets.

Sea Launch’s newly manufactured gas deflector recently arrived at Home Port in Long Beach, California/USA.