Satellite News

Northrop Grumman Corporation said had started integrating the cameras, spectrometers and photometer comprising the nine instrument payload for NASA’s Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) onto the spacecraft.

Northrop Grumman Corporation and Space Systems/Loral announced that they are pursuing a group of initiatives that stands to broaden each company’s opportunities to provide the U.S. government with cost competitive satellite systems.

Northrop Grumman Corporation and Space Systems/Loral announced that they are pursuing a group of initiatives that stands to broaden each company’s opportunities to provide the U.S. government with cost competitive satellite systems.

Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has been awarded a contract to manufacture a new spacecraft for SES New Skies. Work on the NSS-14 programme will start immediately; financial details remain confidential.

Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has been awarded a contract to manufacture a new spacecraft for SES New Skies. Work on the NSS-14 programme will start immediately; financial details remain confidential.

Thales Alenia Space announced the signature of a contract with Eutelsat Communications to manufacture and deliver Eutelsat’s W3B communications satellite.

The U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is scheduled to launch a classified spacecraft payload, NROL-28, on 29 February during a launch period from 0800 to 1200 UTC.

China hopes to launch its second moon-orbiting satellite in 2009, state media reported. The news came after scientists regained contact with the country’s first lunar satellite Chang’e-1.