Satellite News

The planned launch of TacSat 3 aboard a Minotaur rocket from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility had to be cancelled because of bad weather.
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Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has been selected to provide a new communications satellite, named AsiaSat 5C, to Asia Satellite Telecommunications company Limited (AsiaSat).
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SSTL has secured a EUR300,000 contract to undertake radiation testing as part of the European Space Agency’s Euclid mission.
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The primary mission of NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope (formerly SIRTF) is about to end after more than five and a half years of probing the cosmos with its infrared sensor.
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Eutelsat Communications has launched its Tooway consumer Internet access service in Ireland and announced a distribution deal for the service in Spain.
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