Satellite News

Acceptance tests on the Angosat spacecraft built by RSC Energia under a contract with the Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technologies of the Republic of Angola have been completed.

After a successful year-long test campaign by Airbus at IABG in Ottobrunn near Munich, the twin GRACE-FO (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On) satellites will soon travel to their launch site in California.

Spacecom announced that its Amos-17 communication satellite has successfully completed its Critical Design Review (CDR) and entered full production.

ViaSat Inc. announced a Public Private Partnership (PPP) between its wholly owned subsidiary ViaSat Antenna Systems S.A. and the European Space Agency (ESA), to develop key components of the ViaSat-3 satellite communications system with European industry.

The U.S. Air Force has officially accepted Raytheon’s GPS Operational Control System launch and checkout system, also referred to as Block 0, signifying the company met all contractual requirements when it delivered the LCS to the service on 29 September.

Following its launch on 11 October, the EchoStar 105/SES-11 satellite built by Airbus Defence and Space reached its geostationary orbit on 19 October and has been fully deployed and tested.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. has received a modification under an existing contract from the U.S. Air Force to update satellite control and management systems.

SSL has signed a contract to provide a powerful multi-mission communications satellite called Star One D2 to Embratel Star One.