Satellite News

The telecommunications satellite KazSat-3, developed and manufactured by ISS-Reshetnev Company, has finally taken its place in the geostationary orbit.

Two of the six instruments that will fly on the first Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R (GOES-R) satellite have completed integration with the spacecraft.

COM DEV International Ltd. announced that it has been awarded a contract to deliver Coaxial and Waveguide switches, as well as C-Band Multiplexers to a long-term customer.

Europe’s upcoming Sentinel-2 mission has reached a significant milestone on its road to delivering high-resolution optical images for monitoring Earth. Seven years in the making, the spacecraft’s imager is ready to join the first satellite.

Snecma (Safran) and Thales Alenia Space France signed an agreement on 20 May to work together on new-generation Spacebus satellite platforms with “all electric” propulsion.

Airbus Defence and Space said it has joined the European project “Beacon” that focuses on the development of key photonic technologies for future high-capacity and energy-efficient telecommunication satellites.

EUMETSAT Operators have restored life and full operational capability to the Microwave Humidity Sounder (MHS) instrument flying on the ageing Metop-A satellite. On 26 March, the MHS had entered a ‘Fault Mode’ during routine commanding, causing the suspension of the operational service from this instrument.

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) is announcing the launch of TechDemoSat-1, an in-orbit technology demonstration mission for innovative UK spacecraft equipment and software, planned for 28 June 2014 by a Soyuz-2 launch vehicle with a Fregat upper stage from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.