Satellite News

At the conclusion of the 2007 World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-07) of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), major satellite operators said that their campaign to protect the C-band from interference from mobile communications services had been successful.

Iridium Satellite LLC announced financial results for the third quarter of 2007.

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) recently carried out an observation using two onboard sensors of the Moon Explorer Kaguya (SELENE,) the Terrain Camera (TC) and Multi-band Imager (MI), processed the acquired data, and confirmed they were functioning properly.

NASA and industry engineers successfully tested the main parachute for Constellation Program rockets during a drop test at the U.S. Army’s Yuma Proving Ground near Yuma, Arizona/USA.