Satellite News

Anik G1 satellite is successfully performing post-launch manoeuvres according to plan. The satellite deployed its solar arrays on schedule following its launch aboard a Proton Briz M launch vehicle provided by International Launch Services (ILS) from the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan.

The Eutelsat 3D satellite of Eutelsat Communications arrived on 13 April at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and is now undergoing final preparations for launch by a Proton Briz M rocket supplied by ILS. Lift-off is planned on 14 May from 16.02 UTC with spacecraft separation scheduled to occur after a nine hour 13 minute flight.

ESA’s Proba 3 project aims to demonstrate that two satellites can move as one single object with sub-millimetre precision. This configuration will enable the creation of enormous space telescopes with the lens and detector hundreds of metres apart.

This summer, Lockheed Martin-developed GPS satellites already in orbit will participate in testing of a new modernised civilian navigation message (CNAV) capability which will further enhance GPS navigation service to global users.

An infrared sensor that could improve NASA’s future detecting and tracking of asteroids and comets has passed a critical design test.

DMC International Imaging (DMCii) has signed an agreement with Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) that will increase the volume of imagery acquired and the speed in which it can be delivered. The new facilities in Svalbard have allowed DMCii to receive 30% more data from day one, with the scope for significant further expansion in the future.

iN DEMAND has renewed an integral part of its cornerstone capacity agreement with SES for the delivery of Pay-Per-View and Video On Demand sports and entertainment television content to cable audiences across North America.

Eutelsat Communications announced that Australian Satellite Communications (ASC) is increasing capacity leased on the Eutelsat 172A satellite for Panasonic Avionics Corporation (Panasonic).