Satellite News

In a first for a European mission, Teledyne e2v’s re-engineered PC7448 microprocessors will be used at the heart of Thales Alenia Space’s on-board computer (OBC) that serve the Lightning Imager (LI) systems on EUMETSAT’s next generation Meteosat geostationary meteorological satellites.

The Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) announced the signing of a new contract to provide Dubai-based Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) with a small microsatellite for aerosol and greenhouse gas monitoring.

Thales Alenia Space will supply the Argos Neo instrument for the nano-satellite demonstrator Angels (Argos Neo on a Generic Economical and Light Satellite). The satellite for this French space agency CNES mission is being built by Nexeya.

China Great Wall Industry Corporation (“CGWIC”), a subsidiary of China Aerospace Science & Technology Corporation (“CASC”), and Indonesia PT. Palapa Satelit Nusa Sejahtera (“PSNS”) signed the contract of Indonesia “Palapa-N1” communication satellite project.

Three Gonets communications satellites, the Geo-IK-2 geodesy satellite and a satellite for the Russian Defense Ministry, made by Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems, are to be launched into space this year, the company’s CEO, Nikolay Testoyedov, was quoted as saying.

Lockheed Martin has completed the propulsion subsystem for the first modernised A2100 satellite.

With the ceremonial laying of the foundation stone for the new Integrated Technology Centre (ITC), Airbus marked the commencement of the intensive construction phase for its new EUR43-million satellite hub. The building, for the development and integration of satellites, will enable the Friedrichshafen site to handle future requirements.

SES announced that the SES-10 satellite is now fully operational at 67 degrees West and will be serving the Latin America region.