Satellite News

NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) K-L programme completed its Critical Design Review (CDR) and Production Readiness Review (PRR) in El Segundo, California on 19 February.
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Astrium subsidiary Dutch Space has been granted two new contracts for the delivery of solar panels for the Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 satellites. These satellites are part of the international Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) programme of the European Union and ESA.
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Flight controllers in Houston’s Mission Control Center have isolated the issue that was causing the three International Space Station Command and Control computers to switch their roles as primary, backup and standby units.
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Mobile communications provider TerreStar Networks has announced that the initial on-orbit testing of Ground Based Beam Forming (GBBF) is complete.
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ESA said it has not yet selected a company with which to start talks about the construction of the Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) satellites, but would do so in March.

On 18 February, ESA’s Science Programme Committee (SPC) approved three medium-class missions to enter the so-called definition phase. This is the next step required before the final decision is taken as to which missions are implemented.
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It seems the German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) have renamed their two dedicated communications satellites, one of which has been launched so far.
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Thales Alenia Space announced that it has shipped to the Kourou spaceport the SATCOMBw-2b satellite, which will be launched on 24 March by an Ariane 5 ECA.
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