Satellite News

Rocket: Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat; Payload: Meridian 6; Date: 14 November 2012, 1142 UTC; Launch site: Plesetsk, Russia. The satellite was put into a designated orbit at around 1500 UTC. Russian operators “have established a reliable communications and data link with the spacecraft,” a spokesman for the Russian Space Forces said.
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South Korea’s planned launch of its KSLV-1 will likely be further delayed as the Russian replacement for a defective part in the rocket is not expected to arrive before 17 November.
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The U.S. Air Force and Lockheed Martin have completed on-orbit testing of the second Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) military communications satellite. Following successful spacecraft testing, Satellite Control Authority (SCA) was turned over to the 14th Air Force at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, for operations.
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OHB System AG, a member of the European space and technology group OHB AG, has signed a long-term contract with Industrieanlagen-Betriebsgesellschaft mbH (IABG) in Ottobrunn for environmental testing of satellites.
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Raytheon Company has submitted its proposal for the U.S. Air Force’s Space Fence programme.
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Hughes Network Systems, LLC has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Air Force Military Satellite Communications System Directorate, located at the Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base, California.
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Astrium and EADS North America jointly announced the creation of Astrium Americas, America’s newest space company.
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Telesat announced that Panasonic Avionics Corporation, a supplier of in-flight entertainment and communication systems, has signed another long term contract for Telesat satellite capacity.
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