Satellite News

Roskosm0s head Anatoly Perminov has confirmed that the two Russian search and rescue satellites, Sterkh 1 and Sterkh 2, failed shortly after their respective launches in 2009.

Russian efforts to re-establish the country’s part of the international KOSPAS-SARSAT (or COSPAS-SARSAT) search and rescue satellite system have failed, Interfax reports.
Other Posts:ICG Names Director Of EngineeringUpdate:Astra 5A takes a few days offUpdate: Himawari 6 suffers blackout, backup satellite takes overSSC communicates with THEOSJCSAT-12, Optus D3 pre-launch detailsGlobalstar satellites have problem with degrading amplifiersUpdate: Most advanced commercial spysat launched by Delta IIGetting Into the Wide Variety of Satellite TV Channels

Attempts to revive Russia’s only scientific satellite, Koronas-Foton, have failed and the satellite can be considered lost, according to Yuriy Zaytsev, academic adviser at the Russian Academy of Engineering Sciences. The root cause appears to be a design flaw.
Other Posts:The DirecTV Group, Inc. results Q2 2006New financing allows Sea Launch to continue operationsLCROSS looks back at EarthNilesat, Eutelsat strengthen co-operation at 7 degrees EastStray particle blamed on Zenit-3SL explosionSwales Completes Critical Design Review For TacSat-3 Modular BusWeather still delays GOSAT launchWorldspace Satellite Radio Picks Certicom To Protect New Service in Europe

A transponder aboard the ageing Landsat 5 failed last month but has been replaced with another one that stopped working 23 years ago.
Other Posts:Spacehab, Incorporated results FY 2006GenCorp (Aerospace and Defense) results Q3 FY 2006CALIPSO team honoured with NASA Group Achievement AwardIt was Spainsat, not XTAR-EUREutelsat 2007 survey of satellite and cable homesEMS Technology buys Australian companyWe control the vertical. We control the horizontal. NotThe Big Show-Down – Cable Versus Satellite TV

A transponder aboard the ageing Landsat 5 failed last month but has been replaced with another one that stopped working 23 years ago.
Other Posts:ICG Introduces Cabin Telecommunications Unit For Business JetsAndrews Space expands satellite test and integration facilitiesVega P80 Small Launcher Prepares For Test FiringMore new Russian rockets, spacecraft announcedBall Aerospace completes CDR for Landsat’s Operational Land ImagerTsNIImash boss complains about lack of quality controlBoeing delivers 25th Sea Launch payload accommodation packageGround software for GPS to be upgraded 11 January

The Heterodyne Instrument for the Far Infrared, HIFI, aboard ESA’s Herschel satellite is about to start science operations. It was switched off temporarily after an anomaly was registered last year before the instrument could begin formal scientific work.

The Palapa-D/Chang Zheng 3B flight anomaly investigation was concluded in early November 2009, China Great Wall Industry Corp. said in a statement dated 21 December.
Other Posts:TerraSAR-X radar satellite to become a key data source for GMESArianespace Places JCSAT-10, Syracuse 3B Into OrbitWegener Appoints New Sales DirectorBest Satellite TV Deal – Read First If Considering Satellite TVGOCE switches on main instrumentCanalsat Subscriber Figures RevealedSpacenet Hires Andreas Georghiou as CEOThe Technology Behind Satellite TV

GeoEye Inc. in a statement disclosed that its engineers have detected an “irregularity” in the downlink antenna of its GeoEye-1 satellite.