Satellite News

A major milestone in the development of ISRO’s next generation launch vehicle, GSLV MkIII, was achieved on successful long duration hot test (635 seconds) of high thrust cryogenic engine (CE20) on 28 April at ISRO Propulsion Complex, Mahendragiri, Tamil Nadu.

Lockheed Martin recently fully integrated the U.S. Air Force’s first next generation GPS III satellite at the company’s Denver-area satellite manufacturing facility. The first in a new design block of more powerful and accurate GPS satellites, GPS III Space Vehicle One is now preparing for system-level testing this summer.

Roskosmos plans to launch a new sample soil expedition to Mars’ satellite Phobos, according to a draft of Russia’s space programme for 2016-2025.

STMicroelectronics has announced the world’s first 500 Mbaud High-Symbol-Rate (HSR) satellite demodulator chip.