Satellite News

The switch of Hubble’s Science Instrument Control and Data Handling (SIC&DH) system from the defunct Side A to the backup Side B has been completed without major problems.

As expected, Pakistan has ordered a replacement for its Paksat satellite from China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC).

China will launch its fifth geostationary meteorological satellite, Fengyun-2-06, in late December, according to the China Meteorological Administration (CMA).

NASA’s Mars Odyssey is altering its orbit to gain even better sensitivity for its infrared mapping of Martian minerals. During the third two-year mission extension, which runs through September 2010, it will also point its camera with more flexibility than it has ever used before. Odyssey reached Mars in 2001.

Lockheed Martin announced the successful delivery of the core structure with an integrated propulsion subsystem for the first satellite in the U.S. Navy’s Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) constellation.

A deployable reflector system made by Northrop Grumman Corporation successfully deployed on-orbit 28 August aboard the Inmarsat 4 F3 satellite, the company said in a statement issued today.

NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center has awarded ITT Corp. a US$1.3 billion contract for telemetry and tracking for near-Earth space missions.

NASA has decided to press ahead with plans to launch its troubled Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) in 2009.