Satellite News

EaglePicher Technologies, LLC has been awarded two satellite battery programmes by Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC).

S2M, a provider of mobile entertainment to the Middle East and North Africa, said it signed a formal contract with Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) for the S2M-1 satellite – the first mobile TV satellite covering the Middle East and North Africa.

Boeing said it has successfully completed a series of Space Based Space Surveillance (SBSS) system tests as part of the development of a new operational sensor for the U.S. Space Surveillance Network.

The recently launched Kosmos 2434 is indeed a Raduga communication satellite, its manufacturer confirmed somewhat surprisingly.

At a meeting of the American Geophysical Union, NASA’s Associate Administrator for Science Alan Stern announced the selection the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory, or GRAIL, as a part of NASA’s Discovery Program.

Innova, S. de R.L. de C.V. and SKY Brasil Servicos Ltda. announced that they have reached an agreement with Intelsat Corporation, and an affiliate, to build and launch IS-16. a new 24-transponder satellite.

Thales Alenia Space and NPO-PM are finalising an industrial co-operation agreement to co-develop a high-power telecommunications satellite platform, the two companies said.

All three GLONASS global positioning satellites launched on 26 October have been put into service ahead of schedule, the Central Scientific-Research Institute of Machine-Building reported today.