Satellite News

One of the three GLONASS-M navigation satellites launched from Baikonur on 26 October has been put into operation.

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) and the University of Surrey have succeeded for the first time in capturing a Galileo signal reflected off the ocean surface in orbit, demonstrating the potential for determining the weather at sea with remote sensing satellites.

Inmarsat has officially awarded a contract to Astrium for the Alphasat I-XL satellite to augment its Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) service.

U.S. Air Force officials from the Space and Missile Systems Center’s Global Positioning Systems Wing announced the award of the Next Generation GPS Control Segment (OCX) contracts to Northrop Grumman Corporation Space & Mission Systems and Raytheon Company Intelligence & Information Systems.

Australian satellite service provider said it NewSat Ltd. plans to launch its own satellite in partnership with leaders of the world’s space community.

Raytheon Company successfully completed the final system acceptance test to augment standard Global Positioning System signals over India.

Lockheed Martin has delivered the core propulsion module for the second satellite in the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) military communications system.

Chang’e I has started scientific observation of the moon, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) said.