Satellite News

Measat Satellite Systems Sdn. Bhd. announced that the Measat-3a satellite is now at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, in final preparations for launch on 21 June (UTC).

NASA said its Constellation Program reached two major processing milestones this week as two new pieces of Ares I-X hardware were transferred for final assembly in preparation for the first flight test of the rocket later this summer at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Avanti Communications Group plc has been awarded new projects funded by the European Space Agency (ESA).

The United States Air Force’s Defense Support Program Flight 14, built by Northrop Grumman Corporation, is celebrating its 20th year of on-orbit operations. DSP Flight 14 was launched on 14 June 1989 on a Titan IV launch vehicle.

When satellite television was first launched, it was met with skepticism by some people. At first, the service was out of reach for many people from a financial perspective but over time, prices went down and today, millions of people around the country are enjoying the great quality and sound that comes from this technology. Without doubt, it has changed the viewing landscape in this country forever.

New technology can intimidate people. Sometimes we may hesitate to change over to a new type of technology because we might think that it’s too difficult to figure out, or that we really won’t save any time by using the device…

For many years, Americans had one choice when it comes to their pay television service-cable TV. That changed in the early 1990’s, when satellite TV became affordable and practical when the size of the satellite dish was greatly reduced.