Satellite News

The Lockheed Martin-led team developing the U.S. Air Force’s Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) has achieved major milestones on the second geosynchronous orbit (GEO-2) spacecraft with the with completion and delivery of the remaining major spacecraft bus subsystems.
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NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has successfully completed thermal vacuum testing. This milestone concludes the orbiter’s environmental test programme at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.
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Brazil’s National Institute of Space Investigations (INPE) has begun additional tests on two CBERS satellites that are expected to be launched in five years as part of the Chinese-Brazilian Earth Resource Satellite programme.
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Raytheon Company said it has received confirmation from NASA and the Indian Space Research Organisation that a water-detecting sensor system on the Chandrayaan-1 lunar-orbiting spacecraft has been activated and is fully functional.
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Lockheed Martin and Thales Alenia Space of Italy announced they are forming a strategic partnership to jointly develop and deliver a new family of space-based remote sensing systems for customers around the world.
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SES has formally accepted the Astra 1M satellite after having successfully completed in-orbit testing and verified its full performance. The satellite designed and built by Astrium is now ready for operational service.
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MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. has won a multi-million dollar contract to provide four advanced technology solutions for Space Systems/Loral Inc.
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The Hotbird 9 and W2M satellites of Eutelsat Communications are on track for launch on 20 December on an Ariane 5 ECA rocket from the Kourou Space Centre in French Guiana.
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