Satellite News

Ball Corporation announced that David L. Taylor, president and CEO of Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. for more than a decade, will retire at the end of March after a 29-year career with the company. Succeeding Mr. Taylor will be Robert D. Strain, who currently is chief operating officer of Ball Aerospace.

SES S.A. announced the induction of Romain Bausch, President and CEO of SES, into the Satellite Hall of Fame of the U.S.-based Society of Satellite Professionals International (SSPI).

The first stage engine of the Zenit-3SL rocket that failed shortly after launch on 1 February operated normally during and after the lift-off, Roskosmos said.

A Soyuz was rolled out to perform the final Arianespace/Starsem mission currently contracted by Globalstar for its second-generation satellite constellation, which provides mobile satellite voice and data services.

The first stage of Vega VV02 has been successfully transferred to its launch pad at the European Spaceport in French Guiana.

Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems said it is successfully implementing the programme to support the GLONASS navigation satellites constellation.

Andrews Space announced that they have been funded by the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command to design and deliver a Kestrel Eye Block 2 Earth imaging spacecraft as part of the Army’s Kestrel Eye programme.

Boeing has sued its Russian and Ukrainian partners in Sea Launch, saying they refused to pay it more than US$350 million following the joint-venture’s bankruptcy filing in 2009.