Satellite News

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.

Hughes Network Systems, LLC announced that it has successfully demonstrated high-throughput video and data transmission over SATCOM links on a variety of rotary wing platforms.