Satellite News

SSTL has commenced building a small satellite for the Republic of Kazakhstan that will provide medium resolution multi-spectral Earth observation capability to complement the high resolution satellite that is being provided by EADS Astrium as part of the contract awarded to the company in October 2009.

Officials from the Space and Missile Systems Center’s Global Positioning Systems Wing announced the on-orbit checkout of the first IIF satellite is progressing on scheduled.

Cisco announced that its Internet Routing in Space (IRIS) technology has achieved another major milestone with the successful completion of in-orbit testing for the United States Department of Defense.

Astrium Services wholly owned subsidiary, Infoterra Ltd, has secured a further three year contract from the Farnborough Multi-Mission Processing and Archiving Facility (UK-MM-PAF) on behalf of the European Space Agency.