Satellite News

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has deployed 50 satellite terminals in Peru to help restore vital communication links in remote and underserved areas affected by the earthquake that hit the country last month.

NASA is preparing the first of three Solar Dynamic Observatories (SDO)to monitor the sun’s ultraviolet brightness.

In the fifth and final orbit-raising operation conducted from Master Control Facility (MCF) at Hassan in Karnataka, INSAT-4CR has been successfully placed in near-geosynchronous orbit.

UK company Avanti Communications plc has signed a contract with Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) for the launch of the HYLAS satellite aboard a Falcon 9.

NASA will terminate the agreement it had with Rocketplane Kistler (RpK) to develop commercial transportation services to the International Space Station, Aerospace Daily reported.

The Bates family and friends (who occupy a former British military installation located 10 km off the coast of Suffolk, England, and call themselves an “independent micro-nation” by the name of Sealand) announced they “have received a multi-million dollar investment opportunity to fund the launch of a new communications satellite.”

WildBlue Communications, Inc. announced that it was named Euroconsult’s 2007 Broadband Satellite System Operator of the Year during the 11th World Summit for Satellite Financing in Paris, France.

SpaceDev has been awarded three contracts to deliver over 200 satellite components for Mitsubishi Electric Corporation.