Satellite News

Preparations remain on schedule for launch of Rokot launch vehicle with SERVIS-2 spacecraft. Today assembling the Rokot launcher on the launch pad started.

Electrical checks of Prisma satellites have successfully been completed and all onboard systems have been declared ready for flight, Swedish Space Company said.

NASA engineers have begun building hardware for a new Landsat satellite instrument that helps monitor water consumption–an important capability in the U.S. West where precipitation is sparse and water rights are allocated–now that they have passed an independent review of the instrument’s design and integration and testing methods.

SES World Skies announced that it has signed a multi-year agreement with Audio Visual Company JSC (AVG), a joint stock company of An Vien Group, to provide transponder capacity on the NSS-6 satellite for their new direct-to-home (DTH) satellite television service in Vietnam.