Satellite News

The upper payload component for Arianespace’s upcoming dual-satellite Ariane 5 mission is now complete at Europe’s Spaceport, following the encapsulation of Hotbird 9 inside the launcher’s payload fairing.

MESSENGER recently completed the second part of a two-part deep-space manoeuvre, providing the remaining 10 percent velocity change needed to place the probe on course to fly by Mercury for the third time in September 2009.

NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has completed its primary, two-year science phase.

The first of 18 mirror segments that will fly on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope recently arrived at the Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama/USA, for testing.

Integral Systems, Inc. reported preliminary financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ending 30 September 2008.

The U.S. Air Force’s Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS) B10 satellite, built by Lockheed Martin , has achieved 15 years of on orbit operations, far exceeding its original 10 year design life.