Satellite News

With the launch date of 9 September 2009 confirmed by Eurockot Launch Services, ESA’s Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) satellite has come out of storage at Thales Alenia Space’s facilities in Cannes, France.
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Sea Launch Delivers XM-4 Satellite To Orbit
Intelsat, Ltd. results Q3 2007
EADS Astrium CEO Looks At Strong 2006
Globecomm to upgrade European Earth station
NASA tests thermal protection for aerocapture
Northrop Grumman Completes Range Test For Array Antenna
MRC Names Marketing Executive
Construction of German Galileo control centre starts

Intelsat Ltd. announced its plan to add a new satellite to its global fleet. The Intelsat 22 satellite is expected to be launched in Q1 2012, and will serve at the 72 degrees East orbital location over the Indian Ocean region. It will also carry a UHF payload for the Australian Defence Force (ADF).
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Lockheed to build Orion crew vehicle
Orbital Names Marcheto General Manager Of Space Systems Group
Integral Systems awarded contract for GPS next-gen control segment
NASA Awards Contract For Orion Pad Escape System
SMART-1 mission coming to an end
Garmin To Provide European Automotive Dealership With GPS Units
NGST achieves 25th CMMI Level 5 rating
PAS-6B suffers brief outage

Speaking during the International Space University’s recently completed symposium on “Space for a Safe and Secure World,” University President Michael Simpson said that the 2007 student study on Space Traffic Management recommended ways to prevent space collisions.
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First greenhouse gas detecting satellite launched by Japan
Sirius + XM = Sirius XM
EMS To Design Next-Generation Inmarsat Phones
Global Relief Technologies Adds General Counsel
StarSys tests GeoEye-1 antenna actuation system
No, Mars Won’t Look as Big as the Moon in August
SES Astra launches Astra2Connect in Spain
Report: video services to fuel EMEA transponders markets growth

A U.S. Air Force/Lockheed Martin team announced that the five-satellite Milstar constellation has accumulated 50 years of combined on-orbit operations and continues to provide communications to U.S. and Allied Forces around the globe.
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Gilat To Provide Broadband Wireless Access Over WiMAX
MSV collects two more patents
CapRock closes Arrowhead acquisition
SkyTerra to further increase ownership of MSV
Intelsat, Ltd. results Q2 2007
Techstart Chosen As Distributor For International Communications Group
Delay of the day (II): Delta II/GLAST
RSCC says Ekspress-AM2 ‘unstable’ – W1 to help out