Satellite News

The Lockheed Martin /Northrop Grumman Transformational Satellite Communications (TSAT) team announced its partnership with Juniper Networks, Inc. to apply the company’s Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) routing software and related expertise in the design of the team’s TSAT processor/router.
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The U.S. Air Force’s first Wideband Global Satellite Communications (WGS, formerly known as Wideband Gapfiller Satellite) spacecraft (SV-1) was shipped to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on 20 July. From the site, it was transported to the Astrotech Space Facility in Titusville, Florida/USA, for post-shipment processing.
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Lockheed Martin announced that the payload for the first Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous orbit (GEO) spacecraft has successfully completed thermal vacuum testing.
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EMS Technologies, Inc. said it recently completed delivery of key anti-jamming hardware to Northrop Grumman for installation on the payloads for Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) programme.
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The European Space Agency (ESA) awarded a contract to British company DMC International Imaging Ltd (DMCii) to provide satellite imagery of 38 countries in Europe.
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The launch of Japan’s Selenological & Engineering Explorer (SELENE “Kaguya”) by an H-2A rocket has been postponed from 16 August (UTC) because two of the satellite’s components have been wrongly installed.
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Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. announced that Hamilton Sundstrand and Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, Inc., will be the primary suppliers to Team Ball in its pursuit of a contract for the Avionics Instrument Unit for the Ares I Crew Launch Vehicle (CLV).
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Intelsat, Ltd. announced that its new Galaxy 17 satellite is fully operational and providing services. The launch of another satellite, Horizons 2, has been rescheduled.
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