Satellite News

U.S. Air Force officials from the Space and Missile Systems Center’s Global Positioning Systems Wing announced the award of the Next Generation GPS Control Segment (OCX) contracts to Northrop Grumman Corporation Space & Mission Systems and Raytheon Company Intelligence & Information Systems.

PlanetSpace, with its team mates Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company and ATK, has submitted a proposal response to NASA’s recent COTS (Commercial Orbital Transportation Services Phase 1 Demonstrations) request for proposals.

Russia is to construct a new space launch site in the far eastern region of the country, Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said.

The first hyperspectral imager in space, built by Northrop Grumman Corporation in just over 12 months, is marking its seventh anniversary on-orbit.

Intelsat, Ltd. announced two new customer agreements under which the company will provide satellite-based cellular backhaul solutions for wireless operators.

Australian satellite service provider said it NewSat Ltd. plans to launch its own satellite in partnership with leaders of the world’s space community.

Strange things are going on at the Russian company that is building the mobile service tower to be used for Soyuz-ST launches from Kourou (or, more exactly, Sinnamary). “The company Mir has been seized and robbed,” Mir director-general Vladimir Gnezdilov claimed today.

Weather conditions once again prevented the lift-off of a Zenit 3SL with the Thuraya 3 satellite aboard.