Satellite News

WorldSpace, Inc., along with its U.S. subsidiaries WorldSpace Systems Corporation and AfriSpace, Inc., have filed voluntary petitions for reorganisation under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court in Delaware.

Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) announced that it has been awarded multiple patents by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Solaris Mobile and ICO Global have filed separate applications with the European Commission (EC) in response to the Commission’s call for applications for pan-European systems providing mobile satellite services. ICO also said it took legal action to protect international rights under ITU Radio Regulations.

TerreStar Europe Limited — an indirect, majority-owned subsidiary of TerreStar Corporation — announced that it has submitted an application with the European Commission for a pan-European 2GHz MSS S-band spectrum authorisation.

The launch of the first SBIRS-GEO satellite in December 2009 could be jeopardised under certain circumstances, the U.S. General Accounting Office warned in a study. The programme had recently been plagued by problems with the flight software.

The Space Foundation announced the publication of the white paper “ITAR and the U.S. Space Industry.” The paper examines the effect of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), which govern the export of space technology.

Loral Space & Communications Inc. announced that the Delaware Chancery Court issued its decision in the shareholder derivative and Loral Skynet noteholder actions pending before the court.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to increase the financing of the Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS) by another RUB67 billion (EUR1.8 billion, US$ 2.6 billion).