Satellite News

Astra 5A not expected to pose immediate danger to other satellites / DSP 23 passes 19.2 degrees East / One of two MiTEx satellites examining DSP 23 tracked by amateurs

Representatives of the Russian Federal Space Agency’s (Roskosmos) Press Office and Arianespace’s Public Affairs Office held their first working meeting of 2009 to discuss informational and communications policies for the upcoming operations of Soyuz from the Spaceport in French Guiana.

Thales Alenia Space issued a statement regarding the total loss of Astra 5A/Sirius 2. The defunct satellite has meanwhile started drifting.
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Russia’s military has confirmed that the decommissioned nuclear-powered Kosmos 1818 satellite “partially fragmented” in July 2008 but said it posed no danger.
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The Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) and Universal Space Network (USN) have reached an agreement in which SSC will acquire all the shares of U.S.-based USN.
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Sea Launch will launch the Intelsat 17 communications satellite in late 2010, as the first of five missions on the Sea Launch system in a previously announced multiple launch services contract with Intelsat, Ltd.

The launch of Japan’s Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite (GOSAT) “Ibuki” aboard the H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 15 (H-IIA F15) has been delayed again.

SES Astra announced that its new Astra 1M satellite has been successfully deployed at its final orbital position at 19.2 degrees East and is ready for commercial operations.