Satellite News

Rocket: Proton M/Block DM; Payload three Uragan M (GLONASS M) navigation satellites; Date: 25 December 2008, 1043 UTC; Site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The spacecraft, likely to be designated Kosmos 2447 through 2449, were successfully delivered to target orbit.

The U.S. Air Force said it would issue revised terms for Transformational Communications (TSAT) programme.

Preparations are nearing completion for the entry into commercial service on 7 January 2009 of the new Inmarsat-4 (I-4) satellite covering North and South America and the subsequent repositioning of two other Inmarsat spacecraft.

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

The leak in one of the weather satellite’s thrusters is actually the same one that was detected about a year ago.