Satellite News

GE subsidiary Satlynx announced the introduction of a range of broadband services in the Middle East and African markets though its partner Lunasat.

Europe and North America account for over 80 percent of the global DTH satellite TV revenues. However, as the major markets mature, focus is seemingly shifting towards developing markets such as Asia-Pacific and East European countries, according to a new report by Global Industry Analysts.

Sometime between the end of 2008 and the beginning 2009, NASA will launch the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) to examine how the Sun builds up and explosively releases magnetic energy, which powers severe space weather.

ITT’s Space Systems Division has been awarded seven NASA strategic missions concept studies. The space agency periodically conducts these studies to determine future astrophysics missions and technology-development funding.

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) deployed the multi-beam antennas of the Kizuna (WINDS) satellite on 1 March (Japan Standard Time) by sending commands from Okinawa station.

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) announced its newly revised mission manifest listing twelve flights of its Falcon 1 and Falcon 9 launch vehicles.

The Ariane 5 launch campaign for Star One C2 will not start shortly, as claimed in a previous article, but has already begun.

Arianespace and the European Space Agency said that the launch of Jules Verne, the first Automated Transfer Vehicle, is delayed 24 hours owing to a technical concern about the ATV/Ariane 5 launcher separation system.