Satellite News

It used to be that television, or at least fictional television, was designed to be an escape from the more difficult components of everyday life. And there is certainly nothing wrong with that approach to programming: after all, if you’re dealing with enough stress in a difficult relationship, trying work environment, or generally stressful current state of events, you don’t want to be reminded of all of the more difficult things in life, necessarily.

Orbital Sciences said the Galaxy 15 satellite, built by the company for Intelsat, had been affected by increased solar activity when it stopped reacting to commands on 5 April 2010.

China and Brazil signed a memorandum of understanding which gives both countries direct access to data from the satellites the two countries jointly developed, launched and operated.

The Boeing Company reported financial results for the first quarter 2010.

Lockheed Martin Corporation reported financial results for the first quarter 2010.

Originally designed to monitor Earth for just three years, ESA’s veteran ERS-2 satellite has completed 15 years in orbit. ERS-2 was launched on 21 April 1995 to follow on from the first European Remote-Sensing mission, ERS-1, which had been in orbit since 1991.

Telenor, the Norwegian owner and operator of the Thor satellites at 1 West, has renewed its contract with Arqiva for the uplinking of three digital multiplexes onto its Thor 5 satellite.

While parents have to worry about whether or not the programs they are choosing to allow their children to watch are a good idea or not, there is also the matter of finding the right things to watch altogether as a family. Younger children are not going to be able to handle certain movies that teenagers and parents would find fun on a Friday evening, but the rest of the family cannot be expected to suffer through countless repeats of favorite Pixar or Disney animated classics.