Satellite News

The International Launch Servies (ILS) Failure Review Oversight Board (FROB) concluded its review on 7 February concurring on the most probable root cause and the associated corrective action plan of the 8 December 2012 anomaly of the Yamal 402 Proton launch.

NASA’s progress toward a return to deep space missions continues with a new round of upcoming tests on the next-generation J-2X rocket engine, which will help power the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS).

Boeing will continue modernising the Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite constellation for up to five more years, extending the company’s role in the navigation network.

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced that its Santa Clara, California-based subsidiary, Comtech Xicom Technology Inc., received a US$4.4 million order from a domestic integrator for Traveling Wave Tube Amplifiers for a U.S. Government Satellite Communications application.