Satellite News

Vietnam plans to launch its second remote sensing satellite, VNREDSat-1B, by 2017 after successfully launching the first of this kind on 7 May, according to VNExpress.

During a scheduled semi-weekly contact on 3 May 2013, engineers discovered that the Kepler spacecraft was in safe mode. The spacecraft was returned to science data collection on 6 May 2013.

ESA’s Earth Observation Programme Board has selected ‘Biomass’ to become the seventh Earth Explorer mission. The satellite aims to map and monitor one of Earth’s most precious resources.

Telesat announced the start of commercial service on its new Anik G1 satellite.

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. has signed a contract worth several million dollars to provide Tesat-Spacecom GmbH and Co. KG with advanced technology solutions to be integrated into the European Data Relay Satellite (EDRS) system.

Kazakhstan will launch its third KazSat satellite in 2014, which is to offer telecommunication services to neighbouring countries.

Nepal has formed a committee to study the feasibility of launching its first satellite to an orbital slot provided by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) decades ago.

Brazilian telecommunications company Telebras has selected three firms to participate in a tender to build a new dual-use communications satellite.