Satellite News

At the annual World Satellite Business Week event in Paris, Eutelsat Communications was today given the award for ‘Best Satellite Operator of The Year’ for growth and profitability by Euroconsult. Hughes Network Systems, LLC received Euroconsult’s 2008 Award as Broadband Satellite Operator of the Year for the “Best Development of a Broadband Satellite System.”

Turksat said it plans to launch two satellites, Turksat 4A and Turksat 5A, in six years, Anatolia news agency reported.

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) has been granted an Operational License by the U.S. Air Force for the use of Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on the Florida coast.

NASA has awarded Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne a contract change to provide additional sea-level and simulated-altitude ground tests for the J-2X rocket engine.