Satellite News

Rocket: Soyuz-2.1b; Payload: Kosmos 2486; Date: 10 June 2013, 1837 UTC; Launch site: Plesetsk, Russia. “The spacecraft separated from the booster rocket in a routine mode,” a spokesman for the Russian defence ministry’s space defence forces was quoted as saying.

NOAA has officially returned the GOES-13 spacecraft to normal operations, after tests showed a micrometeoroid, likely hit the arm for the solar array panel on 22 May knocking the spacecraft off its geostationary balance.

SES said that mobile 3G networks in Africa are set to benefit from new-generation Newtec modems including S2 Extensions technology that boost the performance and efficiency of the SES-5 satellite backhaul infrastructure.