Satellite News

Airbus Defence and Space has signed a co-operation agreement with Snecma (Safran) for the use of Snecma’s PPS5000 engine in Airbus Defence and Space’s Eurostar satellites, for missions in which electric propulsion is required for positioning manoeuvres.

General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics (GD), was recently awarded a US$26 million contract from Lockheed Martin to support the U.S. Air Force Global Positioning System (GPS) III Network Communications Element (NCE).

NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center and Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) announced an expanded collaboration to advance the planning and development of potential science research during future Dream Chaser spacecraft missions.

Arianespace’s second Ariane 5 flight of 2014 has been approved for its 21 March lift-off following a successful launch readiness review, which was performed at the Spaceport in French Guiana.

Arianespace’s second Ariane 5 flight of 2014 has been approved for its 21 March lift-off following a successful launch readiness review, which was performed at the Spaceport in French Guiana.

Arabsat announced the release of a Request for Proposal for the procurement of four new satellites to be designated HS3, HS4, ARB6E and ARB6A.

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has applied power to the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS-1) spacecraft bus for the first time, a significant milestone for achieving on-time delivery to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for a planned early 2017 launch.

The telecommunications spacecraft Ekspress-AM5, designed and constructed by ISS-Reshetnev Company, has finally completed a 2.5-month journey to its intended position in geostationary orbit.