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Archive for July 19th, 2011

Ekspress AM4 launch campaign started

July 19th, 2011 by

The Ekspress AM4 satellite, designed and manufactured by Astrium teaming with Khrunichev for RSCC, has left Astrium’s facility in Toulouse, where it had undergone its final integration and test campaign.

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Second ARTEMIS spacecraft enters lunar orbit

July 19th, 2011 by

The second of NASA’s ARTEMIS probes, formerly part of the THEMIS mission, have now entered orbit around the moon to study its interior and surface composition.

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Workshop: pooled satellite data for maritime surveillance

July 19th, 2011 by

To begin a discussion on how different countries could access satellite-based maritime surveillance, ESA recently hosted a workshop at its centre for Earth observation in Italy.

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A Brief Look At International Satellite Communication Technology

July 19th, 2011 by

Over the years, the communication sector has seen so many changes and will continue to do so for a very long time to come. The innovations that have occasioned these changes have affected all sectors but communication has seen more of the urgent transformation that steers the rest of the economy towards greater heights. The most revolutionizing aspect of all these changes in the communications department is the International Satellite technology.
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