Satellite News

Experts from Russia’s Space Communications Company (RSCC) together with their colleagues from Kazakhstan’s national space communication centre will try to restart the systems of KazSat 1 with the purpose of restoring transmissions.
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Spacehab Inc., said its Astrotech Space Operations subsidiary has won a fourth, fully-funded task order under the US$35 million Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract.
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Russia is set to launch its Meteor-M1 weather satellite — the first in years — in the fourth quarter of 2008, the satellite’s manufacturer said.
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Rocket: Delta II Heavy 7920H; Payload: Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST); Date: 11 June 2008, 1605 UTC; Site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, USA. Following a 1 hour and 15 minute flight, the GLAST spacecraft was successfully deployed and will begin to transmit photos and data beginning approximately three weeks after launch.
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Alliant Techsystems announced that its Launch Systems and Space Systems groups are combining into a single business unit to prepare for future growth in space-related markets, missile defence, and global strike missions.
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Boeing and Lockheed Martin were each awarded a US$75 million U.S. Air Force contract to continue work on the Transformational Communications Satellite (TSAT) programme.
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GeoEye, Inc. announced that the glass mirror blank for its advanced, next-generation Earth imaging satellite has been delivered to ITT Corporation .
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Orbital Sciences Corporation has selected the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS), Wallops Island, as its base of operations for the company’s new Taurus II rocket.
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