Satellite News

Components for another heavy-lift Ariane 5 have arrived at the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, as Arianespace prepares for Flight 199, which will also be the last for this year.

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has awarded Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne a US$2.35 million contract to perform risk-reduction tests on key components of the Third Generation Reusable Booster (3GRB) rocket engine design.

A faulty GLONASS-M satellite was returned to its manufacturer, ISS-Reshetnev.

Two companies have signed contracts with Spaceopal GmbH, a joint venture between DLR-GfR mbH and the Italian company Telespazio S.p.A., which is responsible for managing and monitoring the Galileo satellites.

The European Aeronautic, Defence & Space Co. (EADS) reported financial results for the first nine months 2010.

TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. has been named as the sole awardee on an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract for Military Sealift Command’s Next Generation Wideband commercial satellite communications infrastructure and service.

XTAR has been awarded a bandwidth contract from Intelsat General Corporation. The contract calls for XTAR to provide Intelsat General with 16MHz of high power X-band services from its XTAR-LANT satellite stationed over the Atlantic Ocean.

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) conducted a nickname campaign for the H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV), a cargo transporter to the International Space Station (ISS) to familiarise people with the HTV. The result has now been announced.