Satellite News

The Northrop Grumman Corporation -led engineering team building the Defense Weather Satellite System (DWSS) spacecraft continues to take delivery of key hardware, making significant progress on satellite fabrication several months ahead of schedule.

Sofradir, a developer and manufacturer of advanced infrared detectors, announced that it has been awarded a multi-million euro contract to manufacture Infrared (IR) detectors for the engineering and flight model phases for the MUSIS/CSO next generation Earth observation military satellites. These satellites will replace the current Helios 2 observational system.

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Telesat confirmed that, following a technical anomaly that occurred on its Anik F2 satellite on 6 October, customer services on Anik F2 were restored late last evening and over night.

Eutelsat Communications announced it is initiating a new satellite programme that will significantly expand and diversify resources at its 9 degrees East location, which addresses high-growth video markets across Europe. A high-capacity Ku-band satellite called Eutelsat 9B, ordered from Astrium, will be launched to 9 degrees East East at the end of 2014. It will also carry a hosted payload for ESA’s EDRS data relay system.Other Posts:Update: Nimiq 5 launched by Proton MAPT books Chang Zheng launch for Apstar 7ATK test fires space shuttle reusable solid rocket motorGeoEye, Inc. results 2009Second Wind Orders Globalstar ModemsWho Doesn’t Want to Be a Millionaire?Shin Post Third Consecutive Quarterly LossXM Director resigns

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The Solar Orbiter and Euclid science missions were selected by ESA’s Science Programme Committee for implementation, with launches planned for 2017 and 2019. These two missions are medium-class missions and are the first in ESA’s Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 Plan.Other Posts:Integral Systems awarded contract for GPS next-gen control segmentHispasat Group results 2008Thales Alenia Space to provide Amos 4 ground mission segmentUkrainian DTH platform to launch on Amos 3SES Astra to provide antennas, training for VinasatChina’s CBSN To Deploy 5,000 IPStar TerminalsSkyWave D+ Service Added To PAC-C SatelliteIntegral Systems awarded contract by ProtoStar

DigitalGlobe and Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. announced they successfully completed the Critical Design Review (CDR) for DigitalGlobe’s next generation remote-sensing satellite, WorldView-3.Other Posts:Tips to Get the Best Out of Satellite TVRussian, Kazakh space agencies clash over delayed W7 launchSich-2 satellite launch postponed againControl Of KazSat-1 Transferred From Kazakhstan‘European’ launches 2007Eutelsat to relocate, rename Hotbird 3OHB-System to operate SAR-Lupe, HELIOS II ground stationsULA to launch new spy satellite aboard Atlas V