Satellite News

Communications Network Ltd. has signed an agreement with Loral Skynet to offer distribution of video content to the Asian Market via a digital platform using Loral Skynet’s Telstar 10 satellite.

DRS Technologies, Inc. announced that it received a US$250 million contract, including options, from the U.S. Navy’s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWAR).

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officially shut down the country’s longest serving polar-orbiting satellite, NOAA-12 on 10 August.

The launch of India’s latest communication satellite, INSAT-4CR, aboard a GSLV from Sriharikota has been postponed by a day to 2 September.

NASA has selected Boeing as the contractor to provide manufacturing support for design and construction of the upper stage of the Ares I rocket.