Satellite News

Dr. T. K. Alex is appointed as Director, ISRO Satellite Centre (ISAC), Bangalore. He will take over charge on 31 May 2008 from Dr. K. N. Shankara. ISAC is the premier centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) responsible for the development of satellite technology.
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SES Astra announced that its subsidiary ND SatCom has been selected as a prime contractor for the U.S. Department of the Navy, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWAR) in Charleston, South Carolina.
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An amended federal GLONASS programme will be approved this year, Yury Urlichich, the general designer of the navigation system, was quoted as saying. However, the completion of the system appears to have slipped back another year.
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The launch of NASA’s GLAST spacecraft aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket has been rescheduled for 5 June. The launch window extends from 1545 to 1740 UTC and remains unchanged through 7 August.
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During final pre-launch checks for today’s Ariane 5 ECA’s mission with Skynet 5C and Turksat 3A, the result of a launcher software test was not nominal. Therefore, Arianespace has decided to stop the launch countdown.
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Intelsat General Corporation has been awarded a contract by DRS Technologies Inc. to provide X-band satellite connectivity, fibre and teleport services in the Middle East using Intelsat infrastructure and the Skynet satellite fleet owned and operated by Paradigm Secure Communications.
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ILS International Launch Services Inc. announced that Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center acquired the shares of ILS owned by majority shareholder, Space Transport Inc.
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Aerojet said it successfully completed 250 hot-fire test sequences of its R-4D 445-N (100-lbf) thrust bipropellant engine. The test included over 20,000 starts under a broad variety of conditions expected for NASA’s Orion Service Module.
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