Satellite News

The Australian operator NBN (National Broadband Network) has chosen Arianespace to launch its first two satellites, dedicated to broadband Internet services.

China’s fourth launch centre, located in tropical island province of Hainan, will be ready for space launch in two years, said a member of China’s top political advisory body.

The Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP) satellite, a partnership between NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), was transitioned to NOAA operational organisation control recently. The transition marks the next step of the mission that supports NASA’s Earth science research and NOAA’s weather forecasting missions.

COM DEV International Ltd. has won a contract to begin work on the development of an advanced satellite payload that will be used in the next generation of the global search and rescue system known as Cospas-Sarsat.

RSC Energia and Astrium expand their co-operation in the field of space activities in various ways, including the establishment of a joint venture “Energia – Satellite Technologies,” launched in January 2013.