Satellite News

A Proton M launch vehicle is currently being processed at Baikonur to loft SatMex 8, a Mexican communications satellite, later in March.

The second Lockheed Martin built Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO-2) spacecraft was encapsulated into its payload fairing on 4 March in preparation for a 19 March lift-off aboard an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

The Guiana Space Center’s Final Assembly Building has welcomed its second Ariane 5 of 2013 as preparations advance for Arianespace’s fourth heavy-lift launch of an Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV).

The Australian operator NBN (National Broadband Network) has chosen Arianespace to launch its first two satellites, dedicated to broadband Internet services.

China’s fourth launch centre, located in tropical island province of Hainan, will be ready for space launch in two years, said a member of China’s top political advisory body.

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The second International Space Station Commercial Resupply Services flight by Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) is set for lift-off at 1510 UTC on 1 March from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

Northrop Grumman Corporation has delivered the first of two protected communications payloads for the U.S. Air Force’s Enhanced Polar System (EPS) that will provide continuous coverage in the north polar region for secure, jam-resistant, strategic and tactical military communications.