Satellite News

A summary of the findings on the root cause and corrective action plan following the failure of the 2 July Proton M/Block DM mission with three GLONASS navigational satellites for the Russian Federal Government has been released to International Launch Services (ILS) upon being cleared by Russian security.

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) decided to postpone the launch of the first Epsilon Launch Vehicle (Epsilon-1) with the Spectroscopic Planet Observatory for Recognition of Interaction of Atmosphere (SPRINT-A) onboard to 27 August 2013.

The H-II Transfer Vehicle “Kounotori 4″ (HTV4) started its final approach to the International Space Station (ISS), and was captured by the ISS robotic arm at on 9 August . After being manoeuvred by the arm, the HTV4 was successfully berthed to the ISS at 1122 UTC on 10 August.

Singapore Telecommunications Ltd has received two offers for its Australian Optus satellite business in the final round of the bidding, news agencies reported.

ViaSat Inc. announced its fiscal year 2014 first quarter financial results.

Orbcomm Inc. announced financial results for the second quarter ending 30 June 2013.

Space Systems/Loral announced that it was awarded a contract option by the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) to continue developing and demonstrating affordable design concepts for next generation Protected Military Satellite Communications (MILSATCOM).