Satellite News

Space Systems Loral (SSL) announced that it was selected to provide a high power communications satellite for Intelsat S.A.

ISS-Reshetnev company won a contract from the national satellite fleet operator Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) to design and manufacture two communications and broadcasting satellites.

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has delivered the 22nd Galileo navigation payload, the last under Galileo Full Operational Capability (FOC) Works Orders 1 & 2, to prime contractor OHB System in Bremen, Germany.

Telenor Satellite announced the commercial readiness of its Thor 7 Ka-band mobility service. The Ka-band payload offers regional coverage with a favourable look angle over the main European shipping lanes and utilises high-powered spot beams.

The telecommunications satellite Ekspress-AM8, designed and built by Academician M.F. Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems, was finally accepted into service in orbit on 5 May.

Space Systems Loral (SSL) announced that the JCSAT-14 satellite, which it designed and built for Sky Perfect JSAT Corporation (Sky Perfect JSAT), has successfully performed post-launch manoeuvres according to plan.

U.S. Air Force Space Command’s Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) awarded three Global Positioning System (GPS) III Space Vehicles (SVs) 11+ Phase 1 Production Readiness Feasibility Assessment contracts.

Airbus Defence and Space will lead the project TeSeR (Technology for Self-Removal of Spacecraft) team to develop technology to reduce the risk of spacecraft colliding with debris in space.