Satellite News

The Siberian satellite manufacturer Academician M.F. Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems and the French company Saft signed a frame contract for the supply of lithium-ion batteries for ISS-Reshetnev’s new spacecraft.

A compromise has reportedly been reached in the dispute over the Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) industrial contract.

SES World Skies announced that its SES-1 satellite has entered commercial service at the orbital location of 101 degrees West.

Thales Alenia Space announced that it has signed a contract with Ball Aerospace covering the preliminary phase for the GFO-2 RA altimeter, which will equip the new-generation Geosat Follow-On 2 (GFO-2) satellite.

Lockheed Martin announced that it has successfully completed a key requirements review for the Global Positioning System (GPS) IIIB satellite series under the U.S. Air Force’s next generation GPS III Space Segment programme.

For its second launch of the year, Arianespace will orbit the Arabsat 5A communications satellite for operator Arabsat, and the COMS multi-mission satellite for the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI). Lift-off of the Ariane 5 ECA 1is scheduled for 23 June 2010 between 2141 and 2245 UTC.

Aerojet announced that it has signed an agreement with NEC Corporation to jointly supply Hayabusa-derived ion propulsion systems for the U.S. and Japanese aerospace markets.

General Dynamics C4 Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics , has been awarded a seven-year contract by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center for the Space Network Ground Segment Sustainment (SGSS) project.