Satellite News

The U.S. Air Force is scheduled to launch the seventh Boeing built Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellite aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V launch vehicle on 2 August. The launch window opens at 0323 UTC and will remain open for 18 minutes.

Space Systems/Loral (SSL) and Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co. Ltd. (AsiaSat) announced that AsiaSat 6 has arrived at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, where it will be launched by SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launch vehicle next month, following the launch of AsiaSat 8 currently scheduled for next week.

Eutelsat Communications announced it has sealed procurement and launch contracts with Airbus Defence and Space and Arianespace for the Eutelsat 172B satellite.

The USAF Space and Missile Systems’ ORS Office, in partnership with SMC’s Space Superiority Systems Directorate and Advanced Systems and Development Directorate, is developing a new mission to answer a United States Strategic Command need for Space Situational Awareness of the geosynchronous Earth orbit belt.

The next rover NASA will send to Mars in 2020 will carry seven carefully-selected instruments to conduct unprecedented science and exploration technology investigations on the Red Planet, the agency said.

Eutelsat Communications S.A. reported results for its fiscal year 2013-2014.

ATK reported operating results for the first quarter of its Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15), which ended on 29 June 2014.

Telesat Holdings Inc. announced its financial results for the three and six month periods ending 30 June 2014.