Satellite News

Until 24 October NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Spirit had gone more than six months without an episode of amnesia-like symptoms like those that appeared on four occasions earlier this year. Those symptoms have now reappeared.

The U.S. Air Force has not yet managed to fix the problem aboard the GPS IIR-20(M) satellite, which as a consequence has still not been set as healthy.

Integral Systems, Inc. announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Integral Systems Europe (ISE), has opened a new facility in the United Kingdom.

Intelsat, Ltd. announced that it was selected as the successful bidder in the 29 October public auction for the ProtoStar 1 satellite with a US$210 million, all cash offer.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez celebrated the first anniversary of Venesat-1 satellite’s launch and said the spacecraft was fully functional.

Astrium and the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) have successfully completed the mechanical and thermal tests on the Communications, Oceanography and Meteorology Satellite COMS-1 , South Korea’s first multi-mission geostationary satellite, and the first ever of its type to be built in Europe.
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The Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) spacecraft, developed and built by Thales Alenia Space for the European Space Agency (ESA), has completed its in-orbit commissioning and calibration phase, by successfully passing an in-flight test review last week.
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Lockheed Martin announced that the second Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous orbit (GEO-2) spacecraft is progressing through a series of key tests that will demonstrate the integrated satellite’s readiness to enter the critical environmental test phase in preparation for launch, the company said.
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