Satellite News

The U.S. Air Force said it is investigating the cause and effects of signal distortions observed from the GPS IIR-20(M) spacecraft launched on 24 March 2009.

Boeing announced the successful in-orbit handover of the IndoStar II/ProtoStar II commercial communications satellite to Bermuda-based ProtoStar Ltd.

Lockheed Martin announced that the first Advanced Extremely High Frequency (Advanced EHF) military communications satellite is now undergoing final thermal vacuum testing.

Lockheed Martin has completed production and testing of the heatshield for NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory (MSL).

ESA signed two contracts for the procurement of Long Lead Items required for the construction of the Galileo satellite constellation.

The Lockheed Martin team developing the U.S. Air Force’s Global Positioning System (GPS) III programme has entered the Critical Design Review (CDR) stage on-schedule, an extensive phase that precedes production of the next-generation satellite system.

Lockheed Martin announced that it has delivered the final block of a new flight software architecture that will provide spacecraft command and control operations for the Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous orbit (GEO) satellite constellation.

At 1053 UTC on 14 June, the cryocover of the Herschel satellite was opened after the spacecraft received a command to fire pyrotechnic bolts holding it down. This crucial step brings ESA’s newest space telescope one step closer to starting its scientific mission.