Satellite News

The Lockheed Martin/Northrop Grumman Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT) Space Segment team has completed a successful demonstration of its new-generation High Power Hall Current Thruster (HPHCT) electric propulsion system designed for use on the U.S. Air Force’s TSAT constellation.

Measat Satellite Systems Sdn Bhd’s new satellite, Measat-3A, has arrived at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to be readied for launch on 21 August.

South Korea’s first KLSV rocket launch may be put off until 2009 as the arrival of the main booster and other key parts from Russia is delayed.

General Dynamics C4 Systems recently mounted three 18.4-meter satellite antennas on 16-m-tall pedestals in Wahiawa, Hawaii/USA, as part of the preparations to deploy the new Mobile User Objective System (MUOS), the U.S. military’s next-generation narrowband global mobile satellite communications system.

XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. announced earnings for the three-month period ending 30 June 2008.

Lockheed Martin Corporation today reported financial results for the second quarter of 2008.

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is reportedly asking its member governments who exactly authorised the launch of ProtoStar I on 7 July 2008.

Starting last week, spacecraft controllers have been executing a series of manoeuvres to gradually bring Venus Express closer to its host planet. In its modified orbit, the spacecraft will be able to observe unexplored regions and investigate phenomena that were not within its reach before.