Satellite News

ictQATAR (representing the State of Qatar) and Eutelsat Communications announced the signing of a partnership agreement to invest in and operate a new highcapacity satellite at Eutelsat’s 25.5 degrees East location, one of the two neighbourhoods serving fast-growing markets in the Middle East and North Africa regions.

The Engineering Model of the Galileo In-Orbit Verification satellites has completed several phases of testing in co-operation with the ground segment and is now being prepared for electromagnetic compatibility testing.

The U.S. National System for Geospatial Intelligence (NSG) announced recently that the second Space Based Infrared System Highly Elliptical Orbit payload and associated ground system has been operationally accepted for the Technical Intelligence mission.

Thales Alenia Space Italia and Telespazio have signed a contract with the Italian Ministry of Defence and the French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA) for the development of the Sicral 2 satellite and ground segment for military communications.
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Engineers have shifted NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft into a mode that transmits only spacecraft health and status data while they diagnose an unexpected change in the pattern of returning data.
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Globalstar, Inc. announced the key operational milestones and associated timetable for the upcoming launch of Globalstar second-generation satellite constellation. It said the implementation timeline for planning, manufacture, and launch of the world’s newest global commercial satellite constellation is 95-percent complete

SES World Skies announced that, following receipt of the required regulatory approval, SES has closed its acquisition of the ProtoStar II satellite and is now preparing to integrate it into its global fleet.
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While the engineering model is undergoing testing, all four platforms for the Galileo In-Orbit Verification satellites have now arrived in the integration cleanroom at Thales Alenia Space in Rome.
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