Satellite News

There is so much talk around about satellite TV that you might find yourself wondering what all the fuss is about. You may have always thought of it as an expensive option, something of a glorified cable service with a satellite dish.

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.

Space shuttle Atlantis and six astronauts ended a 12-day journey of more than 7.7 million kilometers with a 1248 UTC landing on 26 May at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

NOAA last month started shifting the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) -12 spacecraft from its previous GOES-EAST position, at 75 degrees West, to its new orbital location at 60 degrees West.

Azerbaijan signed an agreement on leasing an orbital position owned by Malaysia’s Measat, the Azerbaijani communication ministry said.