Satellite News

Shin Satellite PCL said it planned to change its name to Thaicom PCL.

Northrop Grumman Corporation has delivered the payload module for the second Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) military communications satellite ahead of schedule to Lockheed Martin, prime contractor for the AEHF programme.

For its first mission of the year, Arianespace will launch the first Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), dubbed “Jules Verne,” for the European Space Agency (ESA). Right from this first launch, the ATV will play a vital role in bringing supplies to the International Space Station (ISS).

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) shifted the attitude control mode of the Kizuna (Wideband InterNetworking engineering test and Demonstration Satellite, WINDS) to the regular control mode and completed its critical operation phase.

SpaceDev, Inc. announced that it has been awarded a contract by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center for the research and development of its next generation proprietary annular hybrid rocket motors.

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.