Satellite News

India plans to launch the SARAL satellite,developed in co-operation with France, to monitor the sea water level by 2011.

NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, is warming up. The spacecraft is running out of the frozen coolant needed to keep its heat-sensitive instrument chilled.

SEAKR Engineering, Inc., a privately held company, announced that Thales Alenia Space (TAS), the Iridium NEXT prime contractor, has awarded the communication processor for the Iridium NEXT constellation to SEAKR Engineering.

Students from the Colorado Space Grant Consortium (COSGC) have teamed with Lockheed Martin to develop a miniature satellite, known as ALL-STAR, which stands for Agile Low-cost Laboratory for Space Technology Acceleration and Research.

The U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) has awarded contracts for the EnhancedView commercial imagery program. DigitalGlobe Inc. received an award for US$3.5 billion and GeoEye Imagery Collection Systems Inc. an award for US$3.8 billion.

The Colorado Springs-based Space Foundation has recognised the updated and revised 4th Edition Beer Drinker’s Guide to Colorado as a certified Space Imagination Product.

Rocket: Chang Zheng-4C; Payload: Yaogan X (YG 10); Date: 9 August 2010, 2249 UTC; Launch Site: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center. Chinese state media said the launch was successful.
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