July 2014

Artist’s rendition of Eutelsat 172B [Via Satellite 07-31-2014] Eutelsat has announced the manufacturer and launch provider for the early add-on satellite Eutelsat 172B. The company selected Airbus Defence and Space to build the 13 kW satellite with electric propulsion for both orbit raising and station keeping using the Eurostar E3000 bus. Arianespace was chosen to…

A digital rendering of a GPS 3 satellite. Photo: Air Force [Via Satellite 07-31-2014] Lockheed Martin has awarded $25.4 million to General Dynamics for the construction of the U.S. Air Force Global Positioning System (GPS) 3 Network Communications Element (NCE) for the next two satellites in production: SV07 and SV08. The new contract makes General…

SES’ VP of Software Engineering Tom Nowak showing President and CEO Karim Michel Sabbagh some of the capabilities of the new Princeton SOC. Photo: SES [Via Satellite 07-31-2014] SES has moved the operations for 23 satellites — roughly half the company’s fleet — to a new Satellite Operations Center (SOC) in Princeton, N.J. Satellite controllers…

Alain Charmeau, head of operations at space systems, Airbus Defence and Space. Photo: Airbus [Via Satellite 07-31-2014] Airbus Group and Safran have selected a chief executive officer and outlined the board of directors for their new 50-50 joint European launch venture. Alain Charmeau the current head of operations at space systems for Airbus Defence and…

Digital model of the Orbital Test Bed 2. Photo: Surrey Satellite US [Via Satellite 07-31-2014] SSTL subsidiary Surrey Satellite Technology US announced it is pursuing a second Orbital Test Bed (OTB) mission for 2016. The first OTB mission, also planned for 2016, is slated to carry payloads from NASA, the Air Force and others to…

Rocket: Ariane 5 ES; Payload: ATV 5 "Georges Lemaître"; Date: 29 July, 2347:38 UTC; Launch site: Kourou, French Guiana. Ariane 5 delivered a record payload performance in successfully lofting this fifth and final ATV spacecraft for the European Space Agency (ESA), which resupplies the International Space Station (ISS). http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2014073000

ESA’s billion-star surveyor, Gaia, is now ready to begin its five-year science phase, but the commissioning also uncovered some unexpected anomalies. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2014073001

ESA’s Venus Express spacecraft has climbed to a new orbit following its aerobraking experiment, and will now resume observations of the planet for at least a few more months. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2014073002

SES announced it is now controlling nearly half of its growing fleet from a new satellite operations centre at its commercial sales and satellite engineering office in Princeton, New Jersey, USA. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2014073003 Pensionados la dosis viagra mujeres sociedad en general, en todo el país. Durante un período de ocho semanas cuantas clases de viagra existen…