Satellite News

The Cross-track Infrared Sounder (CrIS), one of five instruments that will fly on-board NOAA’s Joint Polar Satellite System-1 (JPSS-1) satellite, has completed its pre-shipment review.

Intelsat S.A. reported financial results for the fourth quarter and the year 2014.

Rocket: Soyuz-U; Payload: Progress M-26M [Progress 58]; Date: 17 February 2015, 1100 UTC; Launch site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The uncrewed cargo spacecraft docked with the International Space Station six hours after lift-off.

Intelsat S.A. and Azercosmos OJSCo., the national satellite operator of Azerbaijan, announced that the two companies have signed a strategic agreement at the 45 degrees East orbital position.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. announced that its SAT Corporation (SAT) subsidiary was awarded a contract to design, manufacture, install, test and deliver a carrier monitoring system (CMS) by NewSat Limited.

Northrop Grumman Corporation said its hemispherical resonator gyro (HRG), which is used for commercial and military space applications, recently achieved 30 million hours of continuous operation without a single mission failure.

Falcon 9 lifted off from SpaceX’s Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. on 11 February 2015 at 2303 UTC carrying the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite on SpaceX’s first deep space mission.

Space Systems/Loral (SSL) announced that the Thor 7 satellite, designed and built for Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSBc), is ready for launch and will ship to the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana later next week, for launch aboard an Ariane 5 launch vehicle by Arianespace.