Satellite News

Roskosmos management has reviewed and approved the report provided by the Russian working group investigating the Proton launch anomaly during the Yamal 402 mission and have provided the report to Khrunichev State Research and Space Production Center (Khrunichev). The findings on the identified most probable root cause of the anomaly and the required corrective actions will be released to ILS after the report clears Russian security during the week of 21 January.

Space Systems/Loral (SSL) announced that the Amazonas 3 multi-mission satellite, designed and built for Hispasat Group, has arrived at the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, where it will be launched aboard an Ariane 5 launch vehicle by Arianespace.

COM DEV International Ltd. has been awarded an Authorisation to Proceed (ATP) contract to deliver Ku-band and Ka-band multiplexers, switches and microwave components.

The Azerbaijani Communications and Information Technologies Ministry is in negotiations with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) regarding an orbital slot for a second telecommunications satellite.

An ongoing reform of Russia’s space industry should double its output by 2020, according to a new state programme published last week.

Aon Benfield said it was advising the insurance industry to consider the potential ramifications of a severe space weather event, especially as solar and geomagnetic activity is predicted to peak in the coming 12 months. In response, Aon Benfield Analytics has launched a new report entitled ‘Geomagnetic Storms’ to review the potential threat and risk management implications.

Globecomm Systems Inc. has retained Needham & Company to act as its financial advisor to review potential strategic alternatives to enhance shareholder value.

Thales Alenia Space announced that it has completed the delivery of 25 dishes, each 12 meters in diameter, for the antennas making up the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) astronomical observatory in northern Chile.