Satellite News

The storm track of Typhoon Maysak over South Korea – which requires that the Jeju telemetry station be protected – has led to the postponement of final preparatory operations for Vega’s Flight VV16 launch, which was scheduled for 2 September (UTC).

Russia will launch six Gonets telecoms satellites in 2020 instead of three as was reported earlier, General Director of Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems Company, Nikolai Testoyedov was quoted as saying.

L3Harris Technologies has been selected by Airbus Defence and Space to build a space reflector antenna for the Thuraya 4-NGS satellite which will provide mobile telecommunication services throughout the Middle East, Africa, Europe and Central Asia.

The U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA) has awarded two contracts — totalling US$281.6 million — to develop two sets of satellites that are to serve as the communications backbone for a network designed to enable a range of advanced command and control systems.

Intelsat announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the commercial aviation (CA) business of Gogo, the largest global provider of in-flight broadband connectivity, for US$400 million in cash, subject to customary adjustments.

SpaceX is “really making progress” with Starship production despite test flight delays, the company’s CEO Elon Musk said Monday (Aug. 31.)

An asteroid the size of a jumbo jet will have a close encounter with Earth today (Sept. 1), zooming past our planet at about one-third the average distance to the moon.

An asteroid the size of a jumbo jet will have a close encounter with Earth today (Sept. 1), zooming past our planet at about one-third the average distance to the moon.