Satellite News

In the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Swarm mission in 2010, GPS antennas will measure the Earth’s magnetic field with extreme accuracy. Two antennas will be placed on each satellite. The position of the antennas is particularly important because it has a significant impact on the efficiency and accuracy of the measurements.

Russia plans to launch 15 (non-military) satellites in 2008, the Federal Space Agency (Roskosmos) said according to Interfax.

The Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) said that it has lost communication with the country’s first multipurpose satellite, Arirang 1, on 30 December.

Satellite operator RASCOMSTAR QAF is still waiting for details regarding the helium leak aboard its recently launched RASCOM-QAF1 spacecraft, African Press Agency (APA) reported.

Comtech Mobile Datacom Corporation has received orders totalling US$17.7 million under its IDIQ contract with the U.S. Army Communications Electronics Command (CECOM).

Spacehab, Incorporated announced that it has received notice from the NASDAQ Stock Market that the company has regained compliance with marketplace rules relating to the maintenance of a minimum US$1.00 bid price and US$2.5 million minimum shareholders’ equity requirements, respectively.

Sirius Satellite Radio said it ended 2007 with 8,321,785 subscribers, up from the company’s 2006 ending subscriber base of 6,024,555. During 2007, Sirius added approximately 2.3 million net subscriber additions.

DigitalGlobe announced that WorldView-1 has reached Full Operating Capability (FOC) for all customers.