Satellite News

At a congressional hearing, NASA Administrator Michael Griffin said that “not too far from now we will have used the last kilogram of Plutonium-238, and if we want more Plutonium-238, we’ll have to buy it from Russia.” This has been known for years, but nonetheless Dr. Griffin’s remarks were widely reported and commented by news media.

Inmarsat plc reported unaudited consolidated financial results for the year ending 31 December 2007.

The Odyssey Launch Platform and the Sea Launch Commander have departed Sea Launch Home Port for the equatorial Pacific, in preparation for the launch of the DirecTV 11 broadcast satellite, planned for 17 March.