Satellite News

Plans for the Lunar Exploration Orbiter (LEO), a German lunar mission due for launch in 2012, were presented at the European Planetary Science Congress, Potsdam, Germany.

Taiwan’s Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) is still negotiating with Singapore Telecom (SingTel) to establish a joint venture in order to launch a communications satellite, industry sources said according to Digitimes.

The UK’s National Physical Laboratory has proposed TRUTHS (Traceable Radiometry Underpinning Terrestrial- and Helio-Studies), a satellite mission to improve tenfold the accuracy of Earth observation satellites used to deliver climate change and other data.

Boeing has completed the first phase of its nano-satellite research and experimentation with the successful conclusion of the CubeSat TestBed 1 (CSTB1) mission.

Northrop Grumman Corporation has completed delivery of the antenna wings for the first Advanced Extremely High Frequency (EHF) military communications satellite.

During a spacewalk, two astronauts from the space shuttle Endeavour removed and replaced a gyroscope that failed in late 2006.

Northrop Grumman Corporation, the prime contractor for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS, formerly SBIRS-Low) announced the successful completion of two significant ground system milestones.

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., ITT Corporation and DigitalGlobe announced delivery of its WorldView-1 satellite to Vandenberg Air Force Base in California for its scheduled launch on 18 September 2007.