Satellite News

U.S. Air Force officials announced the successful launch and delivery for operational service of the second Interim Polar System payload.

NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has developed problems with two instruments that are intermittently not performing as planned. All other spacecraft instruments are operating well and continue to return science data.

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has been awarded a contract by ESA to continue development of a Geostationary small satellite platform, extending SSTL’s expertise further beyond its Low Earth Orbit (LEO) heritage.

Gazkom (aka Gascom), the telecommunications unit of Russian energy giant Gazprom, plans to launch four low-orbit remote sensing satellites.

Northrop Grumman Corporation has delivered the payload module for the first Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) military communications satellite ahead of schedule to Lockheed Martin, prime contractor for the Advanced EHF programme.

One month after successful launch, and about two weeks after the release of the first image of the sky, the COROT satellite successfully entered in ‘fine pointing’ mode.

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. said that its Montreal operation has received two advanced technology contracts from EADS Astrium, at a combined value of approximately C$13.2 million (EUR8.6 million, US$11.2 million).

Launch processing of the 23rd and final Northrop Grumman Corporation-built Defense Support Program (DSP) satellite took a major step forward with the mating of the satellite and the launch vehicle payload adapter.