Satellite News

The U.S. Air Force and Lockheed Martin (LMT) are ready to launch the second Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO-2) spacecraft on 19 March aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The launch window is 2221 to 2301 UTC.

The test launch of Orbital Sciences Corporation’s Antares rocket from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport’s Pad-0A at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia is targeted to take place between 16 and 18 April at approximately 2000 UTC, the day of launch.

Space Systems/Loral (SSL) announced that the Anik G1 satellite, designed and built for Telesat, has arrived at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, where it will be launched aboard a Proton Briz M vehicle provided by International Launch Services (ILS).

Arianespace announced a launch services contract with Intelsat S.A. for the launch of three satellites through 2017.

Sea Launch AG and EchoStar Satellite Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of EchoStar Corp., have announced that Sea Launch has been identified as the intended launch services provider for the launch of a satellite from the ocean-based Odyssey launch platform in 2015.

e2v has been awarded a EUR10 million contract to deliver Charge Coupled Device (CCD) imaging sensors for the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Euclid space science mission.

Kratos Integral Systems International has been awarded a contract by Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co. Ltd. (AsiaSat) to provide Command & Control systems for the AsiaSat 6 and AsiaSat 8 satellite programmes.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. announced that its SAT Corporation (SAT) subsidiary has launched the newest version of its satID RF Interference (RFI) Geolocation product.