Satellite News

Satellite Industry Association (SIA) President Tom Stroup has urged U.S. Congress to reauthorise the Export-Import Bank of the United States.

Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings Inc. will pay Orbital ATK US$50 million to settle a dispute stemming from the Antares rocket launch accident last year.

Russia’s lower house of parliament, the State Duma, last week approved in the third and final reading the law on the establishment of the Roskosmos Space Corporation.

The EUMETSAT Council successfully concluded the approval process for the EUMETSAT Polar System Second Generation (EPS-SG) programme with all 30 Member States having now firmly committed themselves.

Speaking several days after the botched launch of a Proton rocket, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said the industry was plagued by “morally decayed” officials and underpaid personnel.

Speaking on behalf of the international satellite community, Michel de Rosen, CEO of Eutelsat warned African states of the consequences for the continent if C-band resources are reallocated to mobile operators.

SpaceX has dropped a lawsuit against the U.S. Air Force after winning an agreement from the government that the company will be certified for the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) programme, according to a statement from SpaceX.

Russian President Vladimir Putin supported Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev’s proposal to merge Roskomos and the United Rocket and Space Corporation into a single state-run company. The current Director-General of the United Rocket and Space Corporation, Igor Komarov, will take the position of its chief.