Satellite News

Rocket: Proton-M/Briz-M; Payload: Eutelsat W7; Date: 24 November 2009, 1419 UTC; Site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The satellite separated from the vehicle on schedule 9 hours and 12 minutes after lift-off.

NASA mission managers are assessing options for future operations of the QuikScat satellite following the age-related failure of a mechanism that spins the scatterometer antenna.

Space-Communication Ltd. (Spacecom), Israel, has signed an agreement with an undisclosed customer to provide satellite communications services to Africa via Amos 5i, the former AsiaSat 2.