Satellite News

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has received an order from the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) to launch the Korea Multipurpose Satellite-3 (KOMPSAT-3, a.k.a. Arirang 3).
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Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) announced its Falcon 9 launch vehicle was successfully raised to vertical on 10 January 2009, at Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) in Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA — two days ahead of schedule.
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Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has shipped Telstar 11N to the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan, where it will be launched on the Land Launch system.
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Globalstar, Inc. announced that Open Range Communications Inc. has closed on its equity financing of US$100 million from One Equity Partners (OEP), the private equity arm of JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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Boeing said it has successfully completed the systemwide Critical Design Review (CDR) for its Family of Advanced Beyond line-of-sight Terminals (FAB-T) satellite communications programme, paving the way for implementation of a new data capability.
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The in-orbit validation programme for Galileo, Europe’s global satellite navigation system, is celebrating three years since the first signal was broadcast by the GIOVE-A satellite.
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United Launch Alliance was awarded a US$96 million contract to launch an Atlas 5 rocket for a future mission to carry a spy satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base.

The Hotbird 10 satellite for Arianespace’s initial Ariane 5 mission of 2009 was delivered to French Guiana, arriving aboard a chartered cargo jetliner that completed its transatlantic trip from Europe.