Satellite News

Lockheed Martin announced that it has successfully mated the first Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite’s high-performance communications system module with the propulsion core.
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The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) team led by Northrop Grumman Corporation has delivered the long-delayed Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS).
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Iranian Minister of Communication and Information Technology Reza Taghipour said that the country is to unveil three new home-built satellites on 3 February, Iran’s national day of space technology.
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MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. announced that it has received a US$2.4 million contract from Orbital Sciences Corporation to provide a critical interface that will enable capture and mating of the Cygnus cargo delivery spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS).
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JSC Academician M.F. Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems has commenced manufacturing the Luch-5A (Loutch-5A) data relay satellite.
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During the first three weeks in January, the latest in the series of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites, GOES-P, is being processed and prepped for launch. Meanwhile, the first and second stages of the Delta IV rocket that will carry it into orbit are being assembled on the launch pad.
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SES World Skies announced that the NSS-12 satellite has entered commercial service at the orbital location of 57 degrees East. NSS-12 is the 41st spacecraft in SES’ global fleet.
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The first primary mirror segment of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has met flight specifications at ambient temperatures, the result of a process that has been six years in the making.
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