Satellite News

NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is operating normally after just over 24 hours in safe mode, the result of a command-loading error that occurred early Thursday.

ViaSat Inc. announced financial results for the fiscal third quarter ending 31 December 2016.

Space Systems Loral has been selected by the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop the capability to service and maintain spacecraft and other infrastructure in the geostationary arc. Meanwhile, Orbital ATK has filed a lawsuit seeking an injunction to halt the programme.

Information Satellite Systems – Reshetnev Company announced the key operational milestones for manufacture of its new communications and broadcasting satellites Ekspress-80 and Ekspress-103.

The Board of Directors of Eutelsat Communications reviewed the financial results for the half-year ending 31 December 2016.

The U.S. Air Force has decided to accept the first GPS III satellite even if some of its components may be flawed. The programme’s latest setback may affect a decision on whether to open the final 22 satellites to competition from Lockheed rivals Boeing Co. and Northrop Grumman Corp.

Hiroshima University, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, and Panasonic Corporation announced the development of a terahertz (THz) transmitter capable of transmitting digital data at a rate exceeding 100 gigabits (= 0.1 terabit) per second over a single channel using the 300-GHz band.

The two telecommunications satellites for Arianespace’s next heavy-lift Ariane 5 launch – Sky Brasil-1 and Telkom 3S – have been fuelled in preparation for lift-off next week from French Guiana.