Satellite News

The Inmarsat-4 F2 (I-4 F2) communications satellite is being flown to a new orbital position above the Indian Ocean, creating a fourth full-service L-band region to offer enhanced connectivity capacity for customers in the Middle East and Asia (MEAS).

Airbus Defence and Space and Sion Power Corporation announced the signing of a three-year Collaborative Agreement. The agreement provides for Sion Power to enhance and supply proprietary lithium sulfur (Li-S) batteries for use in Airbus Defence and Space’s Zephyr High Altitude Pseudo-Satellite (HAPS) aircraft.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. and the National Research and Development Agency, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have set a launch date for the H-IIB Launch Vehicle No. 5 (H-IIB F5) with the H-II Transfer Vehicle “Kounotori 5″ (HTV5, a cargo transporter to the International Space Station).

NASA has approved a US$30 million milestone payment to SpaceX under the agency’s Commercial Crew Integrated Capability (CCiCap) agreement with the company following a recent and successful pad abort test of its Crew Dragon spacecraft.

China on Monday launched a space junk monitoring centre to protect its spacecraft in orbit.

The U.S. Air Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center recently completed negotiations on the Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company’s Space Based Infrared System Technical Refresh proposal and awarded the contract modification today.

COM DEV International Ltd. has received an order to supply passive microwave equipment for a communications satellite.

Stellar Exploration Inc has congratulated The Planetary Society on the completion of the first test light of Lightsail, culminating in the deployment of its solar sail.