Satellite News

TerreStar Corporation said it has been informed by Space Systems/Loral, the manufacturer of the planned TerreStar 1 satellite, that the spacecraft’s completion may be delayed again.

Avanti Communications said it had teamed up with Inmarsat, which will control Avanti’s planned HYLAS satellite.

Tele Columbus, Germany’s third largest cable operator with more than 3.7 million homes, and Eutelsat’s German subsidiary, Eutelsat Deutschland, announced they will establish a platform for bundling digital channels and services for German cable homes on Eutelsat’s Eurobird 9 satellite.

The Comcast Media Center (CMC), a business unit of Comcast Cable, has expanded its relationship with SES Americom by signing a multi-year, multi-transponder contract.

JAXA and Japanese companies, which have set up a public-private partnership (PPP) to develop the medium-sized Galaxy Express (GX) launch vehicle, disagree on how to proceed with the troubled project, the Yomiuri Shimbun reports.

The Russian Ekspress-AM22 satellite launched in 2003 may be in trouble, according to unconfirmed reports.

Russia’s first weather satellite in years, Meteor-M1, will be launched in the third quarter of this year, a space agency official was quoted as saying by Novosti.

The launch of ESA’s first Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) to the International Space Station has been delayed to 8 March, 0425 UTC.