Satellite News

Rocket: Soyuz-U; Payload:Progress M-63 (Progress P28); Date: 5 February 2008, 1303 UTC; Site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The Progress cargo spacecraft was accurately placed on the target orbit for another mission to the International Space Station.

Integral Systems, Inc. reported financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2008.

Intelsat announced the successful closing of the acquisition of all of the primary equity ownership of its parent, Intelsat Holdings, Ltd. by Serafina Holdings, Limited, an entity formed by funds advised by BC Partners, Silver Lake and certain other equity investors.

NASA announced a US$17.6 billion budget for fiscal year 2009 to continue exploring the solar system, building the International Space Station, studying Earth from space and conducting aeronautics research. With the increase, NASA still accounts for less than 1 percent of the U.S. federal budget.

Thales Alenia Space announced that further to the decision of RASCOMSTAR-QAF, the RASCOM-QAF1 satellite has been placed in its final geostationary orbit at 2.85 degrees East.

Iran said it had test launched a rocket that would loft the country’s first satellite next year. However, details have remained sketchy so far.

CommScope, Inc. subsidiary Andrew Corporation has completed the sale of its satellite communications business to Resilience Capital Partners, a Cleveland, Ohio-based private equity firm.

Northrop Grumman Corporation has demonstrated the interface compatibility of the next-generation Advanced Extremely High Frequency (EHF) military communications satellite with user ground terminals using the new Extended Data Rate (XDR) waveform and protocols.