Satellite News

The US$34 million TSIS solar instrument package to be built by the University of Colorado at Boulder, considered a crucial tool to help monitor global climate change, has been restored to the first NPOESS mission slated for launch in 2013.
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Thales Alenia Space announced that it has delivered the Ekspress-AM44 payload module to JSC ISS – Reshetnev Company (formerly NPO-PM) for integration into JSC ISS’ satellite platform, which has already started
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Thales Alenia Space announced that it has signed a contract with Korea Telecom (KT) to provide their next telecommunication satellite, Koreasat 6. Separately, Thales Alenia Space is reported to have been selected as prime contractor for a new Nilesat spacecraft.
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EchoStar Corp. said it was suspending the construction of the CMBStar satellite, apparently owing to technical problems.
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Lockheed Martin Corp is likely to win a contract over Boeing to build the first GPS III navigation satellites for the U.S. military, the Wall Street Journal said today, citing people familiar with the contract.
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Raytheon Company has completed manufacture and testing of the optics detector module for the aerosol polarimetry sensor. The sensor will ride on the NASA Glory satellite.
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NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander continues on course for its arrival at Mars on 25 May.
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ICO Global Communications (Holdings) Limited (ICO) announced that it has filed its final milestone certification with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) confirming that its satellite system is operational.
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