Satellite News

Globalstar, Inc. said that the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has issued a Report & Order expanding Globalstar’s authority to offer Ancillary Terrestrial Component services (ATC) in the United States in conjunction with its mobile satellite services.
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Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne has been awarded a contract extension by NASA to continue development of the Common Extensible Cryogenic Engine (CECE). The CECE is advancing technology readiness to support future lunar lander development.
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Aerojet announced its contract award from NASA Glenn Research Center (GRC) for the development of a 24.5 kN (5,500 lbf) Liquid Oxygen-Liquid Methane engine.
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NASA engineers have adjusted the flight path of the Phoenix Mars Lander, setting the spacecraft on course for its landing on the Red Planet on 25 May.
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SES Americom has declared to insurers that its recently launched AMC 14 satellite is now considered a total loss, owing to a lack of viable options to reposition the satellite to its proper geostationary orbit. A rescue mission using a lunar flyby was reportedly prevented by Boeing, which holds a controversial U.S. Patent describing such manoeuvres.
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Arianespace said it has been selected to launch the BSAT-3b satellite by Japanese operator Broadcasting Satellite System Corporation (B-SAT).
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Intelsat, Ltd. announced that Raymond Svider, a Managing Partner of BC Partners, Intelsat’s majority shareholder, was elected to the position of Chairman at a recent meeting of the Intelsat Board of Directors.
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Orange (the key brand of France Telecom) has confirmed its selection of two Eutelsat video neighbourhoods, Hotbird and Atlantic Bird 3, to broadcast by satellite the TV component of its triple play offer (telephone, Internet, TV) in cases where it is not accessible via ADSL.
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