Satellite News

Boeing and its partners became the first team to successfully demonstrate the ability of its Transformational Satellite (TSAT) laser communications system to deliver high-power operations at three data rates during recent U.S. Air Force tests.

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. and its subcontractors have advanced development on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) by delivering the telescope’s secondary mirror segment for grinding and polishing.

WildBlue announced that it began offering high-speed Internet via satellite service through its new satellite, WildBlue-1, earlier today.

The Eurobird 4 (formerly known as Eurobird 10, formerly known as Hotbird 3) satellite of Eutelsat Communications has initiated commercial service at the group’s 4 degrees East position.

In the third and final orbit-raising operation conducted from Master Control Facility (MCF) at Hassan in Karnataka, INSAT-4B has been successfully placed in near-geosynchronous orbit.

The orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) was successfully corrected on Friday.

In the second orbit raising manoeuvre, the Liquid Apogee Motor (LAM) on board the recently launched INSAT-4B was fired for 41 minutes.

Telesat has signed a consulting contract with the Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO), Pakistan’s national space agency.