Satellite News

ICO Global Communications (Holdings) Limited has filed a request with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to extend the remaining four milestone dates outlined in its authorisation for the construction and launch of its satellite.

Shin Satellite PCL reported a quarterly net loss for the fourth consecutive quarter.

South Korea and Japan agreed to make joint efforts in avoiding frequency interference between the recently launched Mugunghwa 5 (Koreasat 5) and Japan’s NSAT 110, Yonhap news agency reports.

Mobile Satellite Ventures announced that two new patents have been awarded to the company by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The patents bring to fifteen the number of patents directed to Ancillary Terrestrial Component (”ATC”) technology.

India may not participate in the European Galileo navigation satellite programme because of security concerns, the Times of India reported.

The use of the European Union’s planned Galileo navigation satellite system for military purposes shouldn’t be excluded, the European Commission said.

China plans to develop non-toxic, pollution-free, high-performance, low-cost and powerful thrust carrier rockets of the new generation in the coming five years, according to a white paper released by the Information Office of the State Council, China’s cabinet.

Thailand’s Supreme Administrative Court has accepted a lawsuit seeking to cancel licenses given to ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s former business empire, including Shin Satellite PCL.