Satellite News

Orbital Sciences Corporation has been selected by Intelsat, S.A. to design, build and deliver the Intelsat 23 (IS-23) commercial communications satellite.

SES S.A. announced that its SES Satellite Leasing business unit in the Isle of Man was selected as the successful bidder in yesterday’s public auction for the Protostar 2 satellite with a US$185 million, all cash offer.

The Lockheed Martin team, awarded a contract by NASA in 2007 to design and build the agency’s Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI) for the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-R Series, has met the requirements of a Critical Design Review.

BAE Systems said its RAD750 computer processes data and performs other critical functions aboard NASA’s WISE (Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer) satellite, built by Ball Aerospace and launched on 14 December.

Northrop Grumman Corporation has been selected to supply a Scalable Space Inertial Reference Unit (Scalable SIRU) for NASA’s Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission.
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MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. announced that it has signed a US$254 million contract to provide a communication satellite system to the National Space Agency of Ukraine (NSAU).

The U.S. National Polar-orbiting Operational Environment Satellite System (NPOESS) Preparatory Project (NPP) could be delayed again because of problems with a sensor.

The Space Based Infrared Systems Wing at the U.S. Air Force Space Command’s Space and Missile Systems Center announced the successful completion of the GEO Interim Operations Ground System verification testing.