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The French Space Agency (CNES) and Eumetsat organized the IASI (Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer) conference, held in Anglet, France, from November 13th through November 16th. The main objective of the conference was to offer the results on the instrument performances in flight and to show initial results of assimilation of IASI in Atmospheric and Numerical Weather Prediction models.
Read MoreAs you may recall, from reading a recent article in SatMagazine authored by the CEO of Failure Analysis, Dr. Len Losik, telemetry prognostics lowers the cost to produce expensive satellites and launch vehicles. Such also shortens delivery schedules and increases vehicle reliability, halting launch failures and more.
Read MoreRaytheon Company [NYSE:RTN] has been awarded a $160 million, 18-month competitive contract to develop a new system design for the nexgen Global Positioning System Control Segment.
Read MoreAccording to the South Korean government, the country will launch a lunar probe using an indigenous rocket in 2020. A development plan is being implemented in order for South Korea to become fully independent in building boosters and the unmanned probe itself.
Read MoreThe head of Belarusian company Geoinformational Systems has said Belarus' second satellite will be launched from Russia's Plesetsk space center in late 2009. Belarus launched its first satellite, Belka, in July 2006.
Read MoreFrom the EuroNews online information site comes the information that Galileo is a finally a confirmed GO… the European Union (EU) reached agreement on the funding for the Global Positioning System (GPS) that will become a rival to the U.S.-based system.
Read MoreAstrium and Thales Alenia Space will be jointly developing Alphabus. This follows the recent agreement between Inmarsat and ESA, which will provide a new European platform for nexgen high power comsats.
Read MoreAccording to the Chinese vice minister in charge of the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence, the life expectancy of Chinese homemade satellites will likely double by 2010, up from their current eight year life expectancy.
Read MoreLt. General Hamel, Commander, Space & Missile Systems, Space Command, has requested Boeing and Aerospace Corporation to investigate Failure Analysis’ telemetry prognostic technology used for predicting failures in satellites, launch vehicles and missiles which could lower the cost to produce expensive satellites and launch vehicles, shorten delivery schedules and increase reliability, stop launch failures, and yield uninterruptible on orbit payload services
Read MoreThe Sirius 4 satellite has successfully reached its final, geostationary orbit situated 22, 236 miles above Earth. This was accomplished last Saturday.
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