Satellite News

The Center for Space Standards & Innovation said its SOCRATES-GEO service reached a milestone recently when the 100th GEO satellite was added to its system.

Heading toward its first target-asteroid, (2867) Steins, ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft has started using its cameras to visually track the asteroid and eventually determine its orbit with more accuracy.

Mechanical tests on the Herschel flight model spacecraft were successfully completed on 3 July 2008.

THEOS, the THailand Earth Observation Satellite developed by Astrium for the Thai Space Agency GISTDA (Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency) is expected to be launched on 6 August 2008 on board a Dnepr rocket from the Yasny launch site in Russia.

Iridium Satellite LLC announced it has selected two companies to participate in the final phase of its procurement process for the company’s next-generation satellite constellation, “Iridium NEXT.”

A prototype first stage for the new South Korean launch vehicle KSLV-I is on its way to the Naro Space Center located in Goheung, southwestern Korea.

The launch of a Proton M/Briz M vehicle with the Inmarsat-4 F3 satellite, previously scheduled for 13 August, has been delayed to allow time to replace and retest a launcher electrical component.

Space Exploration Technologies Corp.on 31 August conducted the first nine engine firing of its Falcon 9 launch vehicle at its Texas Test Facility.