Satellite News

Rocket: Chang Zheng 3C; Payload: Beidou-2 Compass-G1 (Beidou-G1?); Date: 16 January 2010, 1612 UTC; Launch site: Xichang Space Centre, China. The satellite was deployed into geostationary transfer orbit 10 hours later.
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Russia will launch two satellites as well as a cargo ship to the International Space Station (ISS) next month from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Federal Space Agency said.
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JSC Academician M.F. Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems has commenced manufacturing the Luch-5A (Loutch-5A) data relay satellite.
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During the first three weeks in January, the latest in the series of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites, GOES-P, is being processed and prepped for launch. Meanwhile, the first and second stages of the Delta IV rocket that will carry it into orbit are being assembled on the launch pad.
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SES World Skies announced that the NSS-12 satellite has entered commercial service at the orbital location of 57 degrees East. NSS-12 is the 41st spacecraft in SES’ global fleet.
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The first primary mirror segment of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has met flight specifications at ambient temperatures, the result of a process that has been six years in the making.
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Attempts to revive Russia’s only scientific satellite, Koronas-Foton, have failed and the satellite can be considered lost, according to Yuriy Zaytsev, academic adviser at the Russian Academy of Engineering Sciences. The root cause appears to be a design flaw.
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Japan’s IHI Corp. has decided to liquidate a joint venture for the development of the medium-size GX rocket following the government’s decision to scrap the public-private sector development project, sources close to the matter were quoted as saying.
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