Satellite News

Airbus Defence and Space delivered the first structural test model (STA) of the Orion service module, to NASA’s Plum Brook Station test centre in Sandusky, Ohio (USA).

Security upgrades developed by Lockheed Martin for the current ground control system of the U.S. Air Force’s Global Positioning System (GPS), are now fully operational to safeguard data and ensure satellite availability.

McMurdo announced that it has completed the installation of a six-antenna next-generation Medium-Earth Orbit Search and Rescue (MEOSAR) satellite ground station system in New Zealand.

A group of Russian companies are currently developing a radar satellite system for the country’s Defense Ministry. According to the project design, the system will comprise five spacecraft. The first launch is scheduled for 2019.

NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has successfully performed the last in a series of four targeting manoeuvres that set it on course for a January 2019 encounter with 2014 MU69. This ancient body in the Kuiper Belt is more than 1.6 billion kilometers beyond Pluto; New Horizons will explore it if NASA approves an extended mission.

Honeywell has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Ontario, Canada-based COM DEV International for an aggregate purchase price of approximately C$455 million (US$345 million), net of cash and debt acquired.

Globalstar, Inc. announced its financial and operating results for the third quarter of 2015.

EchoStar Corporation reported financial results for the third quarter 2015.