Satellite News

Rocket: Soyuz U; Payload: Progress M-67 (Progress P34); Date: 24 July 2009, 1056 UTC; Site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The vessel was placed into its targeted preliminary orbit approx. nine minutes after lift-off.
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The Indian government has approved design and development of GSAT-11, an advanced communication satellite, at a total cost INR5 billion (EUR73 million, US$104 million). The spacecraft will be based on ISRO’s new I-4K bus.
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The Lockheed Martin-led team developing the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) announced that the second Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO-2) payload and ground system modifications have been accepted for operations by the U.S Air Force.
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MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. has signed a C$4.3 million (EUR2.8 million, US$ 4.0 million) contract with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) for the development of the mission concept for the Polar Communications and Weather (PCW) Mission.
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NASA’s Kepler spacecraft has put itself into safe mode twice over the past few weeks. The root cause for the safing events is being established.
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Satellite television is a television delivered by means of communication satellite and received by satellite dish and set-top box. In many parts of the world it provides range of channels and services often to the areas that are not services by terrestrial or cable TV providers.
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