Satellite News

NASA Commercial Crew Program (CCP) partner Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) recently reviewed the systems critical to sustaining crews in orbit and returning them safely to Earth aboard the company’s Dragon spacecraft.

The ILS Failure Review Oversight Board (FROB) concluded its review on 13 August concurring with the conclusions of the Russian State Inter-agency Commission on the root cause and the associated corrective action plan of the Proton M/Block DM mission failure on 2 July 2013.

The ILS Failure Review Oversight Board (FROB) concluded its review on 13 August concurring with the conclusions of the Russian State Inter-agency Commission on the root cause and the associated corrective action plan of the Proton M/Block DM mission failure on 2 July 2013.

Space Systems/Loral named its undisclosed customer for a multi-mission communications satellite announced on 18 July 2013. The satellite is being manufactured for Brazilian satellite operator Star One, a subsidiary of Embratel.

Following months of analysis and testing, the Kepler Space Telescope team is ending its attempts to restore the spacecraft to full working order, and now is considering what new science research it can carry out in its current condition.

ISRO has decided to build and launch its second lunar mission, Chandrayaan 2, without Russian help. Originally, Roskosmos was to provide a lander that would ferry an Indian rover to explore the moon’s surface.

NASA announced that it is adding some additional milestones to agreements with three U.S. commercial companies that are developing spaceflight capabilities that could eventually provide launch services to transport NASA astronauts to the International Space Station from U.S. soil.

The OHB Group reported financial results for the first half of 2013.