Satellite News

There are times when you wonder about things that you take for granted around you. For example, do you know how satellite TV works? Today the latest and most advanced transmission of TV signals are via satellite. This is a well known fact; however, few would be able to say how this is done.
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Orbital Sciences Corporation announced that the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) recently ordered the first Minotaur V launch vehicle under the company’s Orbital/Suborbital Program-2 (OSP-2) contract.

Russia will launch a Proton-M carrier rocket on 25 September from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to orbit three GLONASS navigation satellites, Roskosmos said.

The launch of Russia’s Meteor-M weather satellite and several smaller spacecraft was postponed because of bad weather and minor technical glitches.

The recent launch of the Optus D3 communications satellite marks the first flight of Saft’s newest lithium-ion (Li-ion) technology, the battery manufacturer said.

The director-general of Russia’s Central Scientific Machine-Building Research Institute (TsNIImash), Gennadiy Raykunov, said that the country’s space sector’s quality control is outdated.

SES World Skies announced that Netcom Africa has signed a multi-year deal to expand its delivery of telecom and broadcast television services throughout Nigeria and West Africa.

SES Astra announced that the public Polish television Telewizja Polska SA (TVP) will launch a free-to-air platform on Astra.