Satellite News

NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has completed its primary, two-year science phase.

The first of 18 mirror segments that will fly on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope recently arrived at the Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama/USA, for testing.

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has successfully completed a series of environmental and operational tests for NASA’s Kepler mission to verify seamless operation of the system level hardware and software.

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) said it marked another significant advance with the performance of its smallest rocket engine, Draco.

Intelsat, Ltd. announced a joint venture with a South African investor group led by Convergence Partners that will utilise project financing to build and launch a new satellite into the 33 degrees East orbital location.

China’s Chang’e 1 moon probe has successfully lowered its orbit to an altitude of 100 km from 200 km.

Aerojet announced that its 668-N (150-lbf) thrust high performance storable bipropellant engine demonstrated a specific impulse of 333.5 seconds at its Redmond, Washington/USA facility.

The launch of Ciel II is on schedule for 10 December at 1343 UTC aboard the International Launch Services’ ProtonM/Briz M rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
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