Satellite News

Goodrich Corporation said it will provide a fine guidance sensor that is to be installed aboard the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) during the planned servicing mission.

Two residents of the International Space Station during a spacewalk have failed to move the stuck Kurs antenna, which had delayed the docking of the Progress M58 vessel in October 2006.

The Canadian Space Agency is currently hosting the Canadian Space Astronomy Workshop.

A delegation of scientists and engineers from the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in Mumbai, India, recently visited the University of Leicester Space Research Centre (SRC) to finalise design elements of an X-ray camera developed at Leicester for inclusion in Astrosat, India’s first national astronomy satellite.

SES Astra has awarded the contract for the construction of its a satellite, Astra 3B, to the European satellite manufacturer Astrium. As prime contractor for Astra 3B, Astrium will design and build the satellite.

A U.S. Air Force/Lockheed Martin team announced that the Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS) III constellation, which provides communications capabilities to the U.S. military, has surpassed 175-years of on-orbit service.

Once again, there is confusion regarding a Russian optical spy satellite. Kosmos 2423 disintegrated at the end of last week, leaving 28 fragments of various size. The Russian Ministry of Defence denied reports that the Orlets-1/Don class spacecraft was destroyed because of technical problems.

China’s recently launched SinoSat 2 (Xinnuo 2) failed to deploy its solar panels, the Hong Kong-based Information Centre for Human Rights and Democracy said. There has been no official confirmation so far.