Satellite News

The New Horizons probe has been put in hibernation mode. The command was transmitted on 27 June from the Mission Operations Center at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) through NASA’s Deep Space Network.
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The launch of two Sterkh satellites, designed for the COSPAS-SARSAT international search and rescue system, is scheduled for 2008, the chief designer of the Russian institute of space device engineering said according to Interfax.
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Nigcomsat-1, launched in May, has successfully completed in-orbit testing (IOT), which started on 1 June.
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NASA’s Stardust and Deep Impact spacecraft, both of which successfully completed their primary missions to two different comets, have been assigned new tasks.
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ICO Global Communications (Holdings) Limited has signed an agreement with Space Systems/Loral, Inc. for the design of additional Medium Earth Orbit (”MEO”) satellites.
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Iridium Satellite has released a Request for Information (RFI) to potential partners interested in participating in the design, development and deployment of “Iridium NEXT,” the company’s next-generation satellite communications network.
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The SMOS (Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity) programme has successfully passed a major milestone, with the mating of the two main modules (the MIRAS payload and the PROTEUS platform) in the Thales Alenia Space integration rooms in Cannes.
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Orbital Express recently completed its final and most challenging unmated rendezvous and capture scenario. The operation was almost completely autonomous, operating at distances of up to 7 km and often with only passive optical and IR imaging for guidance.
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