Satellite News

NASA said it decided to move the LRO/LCROSS from a 2 June window to a 17 June window so as to allow the LCROSS team additional time to mitigate a potential thrust disturbance associated with the Atlas V Centaur fill/drain valves.

STS-125 mission specialists Mike Good and Mike Massimino completed the mission’s second spacewalk today at 2045 UTC.

Eutelsat Communications SA said it’s “premature” to speculate on a potential problem related to the S-band capacity of Eutelsat W2A, and that it expects to receive insurance payment for Eutelsat W2M soon.

ICO North America, a unit of satellite communications company ICO Global Communications (Holdings) Ltd, has filed for bankruptcy.

Berry Smutny has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of OHB-System AG in Bremen, effective 1 July 2009, according to an announcement made by OHB-System AG’s Supervisory Board.

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