Satellite News

Lockheed Martin has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract by SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation of Japan to build its next geostationary communications satellite. Designated JCSAT-13, the satellite will be launched aboard an Ariane 5 in 2013.
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The Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) mission is now operating on its redundant laser, which was designed as a contingency in case of a problem with the primary laser.
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Japan is planning to launch up to 100 mini-satellites to monitor events like natural disasters and traffic jams, according to the Daily Yomiuri.
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Boeing announced that it has shipped the IndoStar II/ProtoStar II satellite from the company’s satellite manufacturing facility in El Segundo to the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch facility in Kazakhstan.
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The crash of Kosmos 2251 and Iridium 33 on 10 February has created at least 823 larger parts of debris – and much more smaller ones, NASA reports in its latest Orbital Debris Quarterly News.
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Lockheed Martin said it successfully completed thermal vacuum testing of the second Advanced Extremely High Frequency (EHF) military communications satellite.
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Malaysia’s Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (Mosti) is conducting preliminary studies to develop Malaysia’s first communications satellite, which will be used for security purposes.
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The Lockheed Martin Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) team has submitted its proposal for the programme’s follow-on production phase and has completed a major Preliminary Design Review (PDR) milestone with the U.S. Air Force.