Satellite News

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has been awarded a contract to deliver the Es’hail 2 communications satellite to operator Qatar Satellite company (Es’hailSat) in Doha. In-orbit delivery is scheduled for the end of 2016.

Lockheed Martin announced two major upgrades to its A2100 family of satellites: side-by-side launch capability and a new mission processor.

The launch of a NASA ocean winds sensor to the International Space Station (ISS) this month inaugurates a new era of Earth observation that will leverage the space station’s vantage point in space. Before the end of the decade, six NASA Earth science instruments will be mounted to the station to help scientists study Earth, the agency said.

ViaSat Inc. has reached a comprehensive settlement of all outstanding claims related to its litigation with Space Systems/Loral (SSL) and Loral Space & Communications Inc. for breach of contract and patent infringement.

General Dynamics announced that, following a comprehensive review of the structure of its Information Systems and Technology business group, General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems and General Dynamics C4 Systems will be combined to create a new business unit, General Dynamics Mission Systems.

SpaceX will reportedly try to launch AsiaSat 6 aboard a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on 7 September between 0450 and 0804 UTC.

O3b said recently that in-orbit testing of its latest satellites has been successfully completed and the satellites have been commissioned into the O3b constellation. The expanded constellation is now fully operational allowing the company to launch services on a global basis.

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has begun to routinely utilise observational data acquired by JAXA’s Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 (AMSR2) aboard the Global Change Observing Mission – Water “Shizuku” (GCOM-W) to monitor the land, ocean and atmosphere globally and around the U.S.