Satellite News

[8-30-07 – Satellite News Today] Eutelsat has signed a capacity deal with MultiChoice Africa for four Ku-band transponders on the Sesat 1 satellite, Eutelsat announced Aug. 30. MultiChoice, one of the…

ITT Corp. was awarded a contract by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to lead a team to develop and deploy the Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) system, the company announced Aug. 30. The satellite-based program will replace the current system of ground-based radars and is a key…

Pay-TV operator MultiChoice Africa has boosted its capacity leases with Eutelsat Communications to support further expansion of its pay television and Internet services in sub-Saharan Africa.

SpaceX said it has successfully completed the first of three phases of review required by NASA’s Safety Review Panel (SRP) to send its Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS).

THE JAXA/ESA infrared astronomical satellite, Akari, ran out of its on-board supply of cryogen, liquid Helium on 26 August 2007, signalling the completion of observations at far-infrared and mid-infrared wavelengths, including the All-Sky Survey.

The Vietnam Telecom International Company (VTI) has set up the Vinasat Satellite Information Centre to manage and operate ground stations. The centre also will provide services related to Vinasat.

Thales Alenia Space plans to ship Giove-B — the second test satellite in the Galileo navigation constellation — from its plant in Rome, Italy, to the ESA-ESTEC facility in Noordwijk, the Netherlands on 3 September.

A International Launch Services Proton M/Briz M is to launch JCSAT 11 from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on 5 September, 2243 UTC.