Satellite News

Broadband satellite operator Avanti Communications Group plc announced that it has entered into a long-term strategic partnership for the management of HYLAS traffic with BT Group plc.

Sonema, a provider of telecommunication services in Europe and Africa, expanded its current agreement with Intelsat for contracted satellite capacity, which will increase Sonema’s enterprise services offerings.

NASA said it successfully tested the first deep space communications network modelled on the Internet.

Boeing announced that it will add improved capabilities to its technology for the U.S. Air Force’s Operational Control Segment (OCS) satellite ground-control system.

Northrop Grumman Corporation announced that the third sensor of five has been delivered to NASA for integration onto the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Preparatory Project (NPP) spacecraft.

An on-board computer (OBC) specially built by British small satellite manufacturer SSTL will help the Indian lunar mission Chandrayaan-1 search for water by controlling the U.S Navy’s Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) payload.

Space shuttle Endeavour and its seven-member crew lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at 0055 UTC on 15 November to repair and remodel the International Space Station.

NASA’s J-2X rocket engine successfully completed its critical design review last week at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama/USA.