Satellite News

COMSATBw-2, the second dedicated military communications satellite for the German armed forces is now operational, having completed in-orbit testing on 8 July 2010. The latest series of tests covered the satellite platform, the payload, and the components of the satellite’s secure control system. With this final milestone, the conditions for in-orbit delivery of the second satellite to the Bundeswehr IT Office have been fully met.

The third developmental flight of India’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-D3) on 15 April 2010, which was to test the indigenously developed Cryogenic Upper Stage (CUS), failed because of a problem with the upper stage engine’s turbo pump.

ISRO said that owing to a power supply anomaly in one of its two solar panels, there is a partial non-availability of services on India’s INSAT-4B Communication satellite.