Satellite News

The crash of a Russian Zenit-3SL rocket on 1 February was caused by defective components manufactured in Ukraine, according to Ivan Kharchenko, first deputy head of the Russian government’s military-industrial commission.

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. has received a contract for C$15.8 million from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) for the preliminary design of an advanced technology solution for NASA’s New Frontiers Program – OSIRIS-REx, the next planetary science mission to another celestial body in our solar system.

The European Aeronautic, Defence & Space Co. (EADS) reported financial results for the full year 2012.

Polish satellite access service provider TS2 Satellite Technologies has expanded its Internet access in Afghanistan with Avanti’s Hylas 2 satellite.