Satellite News

Iridium Communications Inc. announced the delivery of the first satellite engineering model for the forthcoming Iridium NEXT constellation.

The Russian Progress M-23M spacecraft was deorbited and fell into the Pacific Ocean, Roskosmos said.

NEC Corporation and the Mexican Space Agency (AEM), under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Communications and Transportation (SCT), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the development of advanced satellites.

The U.S. Air Force Space Command’s Space and Missile Systems Center awarded an indefinite-delivery-indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract under the Hosted Payload Solutions (HoPS) programme on 10 July.

Communication with the Russian Foton-M4 biosatellite has been restored, Roskosmos said.

The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) has signed an agreement with Venezuela for in-orbit delivery of a second remote sensing satellite for the country, the company said.

Eutelsat America Corp., the U.S. affiliate of Eutelsat Communications has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Air Force to support the deployment of future U.S. Government payloads (hosted payloads) on its satellites.

Lockheed Martin has been competitively selected for the U.S. Air Force’s Hosted Payload Solutions (HoPS) initiative, which is aimed at integrating some government payloads – electronics and sensors packages designed for specific missions – on commercial satellites.