Satellite News

Final payload integration is underway for Arianespace’s fifth Ariane 5 mission of 2009, with the Amazonas 2 telecommunications satellite now encapsulated in its payload fairing.

NASA said it was targeting 27 October for the flight test of the Ares I-X rocket, pending successful testing and data verification. Senior managers made the decision after a meeting at NASA Headquarters in Washington on 21 September.

The launch of the Russian Fobos-Grunt mission has been delayed until 2011, it has been officially confirmed.

An advanced antenna reflector designed and built by Harris Corporation for use onboard the Sirius FM-5 satellite was successfully deployed on orbit on 15 July 2009, the company said in a statement released today.

Lockheed Martin said that the recently launched satellite known as PAN was “performing as required.”

Intelsat announced a multi-year agreement whereby Intelsat will supply global Ku- and C-band transmission facilities for CBM Communications LLC (CBM), an affiliate of Marine Technologies, LLC (MT/C-Comm).