Satellite News

The Delta II rocket that put the Jason 2 oceanography satellite in orbit did not underperform as initial reports suggested.

Galaxy 26 has lost more than half of its capacity after what seems to be a partial failure of its power system. The problem looks identical to that experienced by its “sister satellite” Galaxy 27 more than three years ago.

SES New Skies announced a multi-year, multi-transponder agreement with the Essel Group for the provision of C-band satellite capacity to support the digitalisation of India’s cable infrastructure.

WorldSpace Satellite Radio said creditors have agreed to again defer the company’s obligation to pay almost US$20 million.

Boeing said has completed environmental tests of the first of 12 Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellites, which confirm the mechanical integrity of the spacecraft. The programme is on track to deliver the first satellite to the U.S. Air Force this year.

The European Commission today launched the process to award contracts connected to the operation of its Galileo satellite navigation system, with the first contracts to be let by mid-2009 to allow for deployment of the system by 2013.

The launch of the third Inmarsat-4 satellite on board a Proton M/Briz M rocket has been scheduled for 13 August (UTC).

Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co. Ltd. has been contracted by Eurovision to supply multiple transponders on AsiaSat 2 during the Beijing Olympic Games to be held 8 to 24 August.