Satellite News

The launch of the U.S. Air Force’s third Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) spacecraft moved another step closer. On 30 October, engineers completed the encapsulation procedure at the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Florida.
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Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has been selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) to manage a pan-European student built mission to the Moon.
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At the request of the Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC), Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems (ISS) has started the construction of the Ekspress-AM5 and Ekspress-AM6 telecommunications satellites.
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International Ltd. , announced that it has been awarded a contract valued in excess of US$7 million to provide UHF equipment for a satellite payload.
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L-3 Telemetry-West (L-3 TW), a division of L-3 Communications, announced that it has signed a contract with Lockheed Martin Space Systems company (LMSSC) to supply a Command, Control, Communications, and Monitor (C3M) system used in factory testing on the GPS III Program.
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Following the launch of ESA’s SMOS satellite on 2 November, the French space agency CNES, which is responsible for operating the satellite, has confirmed that the instrument’s three antenna arms have deployed as planned, and that the instrument is in good health.

The U.S. military said it planned to expand satellite collision analysis to include several hundred more spacecraft by the end of the year.

The H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) Demonstration Flight successfully re-entered the atmosphere after the third de-orbit manoeuvre on 1 November (UTC).