Satellite News

A Briz M upper stage has been shipped to Baikonur by the Khrunichev Space Center, the Briz M manufacturer, to support the launch of Turksat 4A, a Turkish communication satellite.

NASA’s Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE), a spacecraft that made the most comprehensive survey to date of asteroids and comets, has returned its first set of test images in preparation for a renewed mission.

Astrium said it was celebrating more than 500 years of combined operation in orbit clocked up by its highly successful series of Eurostar satellites since their introduction in 1990.

Astrium and Inmarsat have reached a strategic distribution partnership agreement which will see Global Xpress services made available to Astrium Services’ large partner and customer base.

SES announced that Thailand’s IPMTV is leasing additional capacity and extending its current capacity contract beyond 10 years.

ESA’s Gaia mission to survey a billion stars is ‘go’ for launch. The satellite has passed its final checks and is ready to be launched tomorrow from the Soyuz Launch Complex (ELS) in Sinnamary, French Guiana on 19 December, 0912:19 UTC.

Six out of the eight scientific instruments deployed to the moon with the Chang’e-3 lunar mission have been activated by scientists and are functioning properly, according to scientists working on the mission.

The final three of eighteen primary mirrors built by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have arrived at Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, for integration prior to a scheduled launch in 2018.