Satellite News

Rocket: Chang Zheng 2C; Payload: Shijian 11-05 [Shi Jian 11-05, SJ 11-05]; Date: 15 July 2013, 0927 UTC; Launch site: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China. The experimental satellite was successfully placed into its target orbit.

Lockheed Martin has completed and is preparing to install the navigation, communication, and hosted payload antenna assemblies for the first GPS III satellite.

China’s space probe Chang’e-2 has travelled about 50 million km into space from Earth. The probe, which is “in good conditions,” reached the distance on 13 July (UTC), the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence(SASTIND) said in a statement.

SES and MNC Sky Vision, an Indonesian satellite Pay-TV provider (brand name: Indovision), announced an agreement to provide capacity on the SES-7 satellite to support Indovision’s future Chinese-language Direct-to-Home (DTH) package.