Satellite News

An ILS Proton M/Briz M is now scheduled to launch AsiaSat 5 on 12 August, 1947 UTC. Lift-off had been delayed 24 hours each two times recently.

The contract for the manufacture of the Yamal-300 satellite signed between ISS-Reshetnev and JSC Gazprom Space Systems took effect last month.

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has successfully completed environmental testing for the WorldView-2 remote sensing satellite built for DigitalGlobe and has begun post-environmental performance testing.

On 1 August 2009, the LCROSS spacecraft successfully completed its first Earth-look calibration of its science payload. An additional Earth-look and a moon-look are scheduled for the remainder of the cruise phase of the mission.

Pictures released by NASA show that the two picosatellites that make up the DRAGONSat experiment did not separate as planned after being deployed from aboard space shuttle Endeavour.

The U.S. Air Force’s Space Based Infrared Systems Wing has successfully completed development of its Flight Software Subsystem last month at the Lockheed Martin site in Sunnyvale, California/USA.

The problems that ground controllers have with contacting the AggieSat-2 picosatellite recently launched from aboard the space shuttle Endeavour may have an earthly reason, the AggieSat Lab at TexasA&M University said on its web site.

Aerojet and NEC Corporation announced that the companies will explore the feasibility of jointly supplying low power ion propulsion systems for the U.S. and Japanese aerospace markets.
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