Satellite News

Russia will launch two Ekspress telecoms satellites on 11 February 2009, the Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) said.

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is working on a small satellite launcher with a payload capacity of 500 kg into low-Earth orbit, domain-b reported.

At the Naro Space Center, South Korea, qualification testing has been successfully completed on the ground technological equipment for pre-flight assembly and test procedures of the launch complex for South Korea’s KSLV I light-weight launch vehicle.

Iridium Satellite LLC (Iridium) announced financial results for the quarter ending 30 September 2008.

With many industries around the world in the doldrums due to the current economic crisis, NSR’s latest multi-client market research report, the “Global Assessment of Satellite Demand, 5th Edition,” projects that the commercial satellite transponder leasing market should emerge relatively unscathed.