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Summary: 28 Jun 2009 - 02 Jul 2009
 HYLAS to fly Ariane 5, not Falcon 9
02 Jul 2009 - Avanti Communications Group plc has moved the launch of its planned HYLAS satellite from SpaceX's Falcon 9 to Ariane 5, apparently under pressure from some potential investors - even though the switch costs almost US$70 million. >>>
Six nanosats to be launched with India's Oceansat-2
02 Jul 2009 - ISRO's Oceansat-2 satellite will be launched next month from Sriharikota aboard a PSLV rocket that will also carry six international nanosatellites. >>>
Ariane 5 puts U.S. telecom satellite in orbit
01 Jul 2009 - Rocket: Ariane 5 ECA; Payload: TerreStar-1; Date: 1 July 2009, 1752 UTC; Site: Kourou, French Guiana. The rocket deployed TerreStar-1 into geostationary transfer orbit 26 minutes after lift-off. >>>
Update: Proton M lifts off with new radio satellite
01 Jul 2009 - The launch of Sirius FM-5 aboard a Proton M/Briz M was successfully concluded earlier today. This was the fifth Proton launch of the year after four successful missions. >>>
Shuttle tanking test confirms repair success
01 Jul 2009 - A test fuelling of space shuttle Endeavour's external tank revealed no gaseous hydrogen leaks, verifying recent repairs were successful, NASA managers confirmed. >>>
Proton M lifts off with new radio satellite
30 Jun 2009 - Rocket: Proton M/Briz M; Payload: Sirius FM-5; Date: 30 June 2009, 1910 UTC; Site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The satellite was to be deployed at about 0424 UTC (too late for this issue). >>>
DigitalGlobe's new spy satellite set for launch on 6 October
30 Jun 2009 - DigitalGlobe announced that its WorldView-2 high-resolution eight-band multi-spectral satellite is scheduled to launch aboard a Delta II on 6 October 2009 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. >>>
Delta IV launches new U.S. weather satellite
28 Jun 2009 - Rocket: Delta IV Medium+ (4,2); Payload: GOES-O (GOES-14); Date: 27 June 2009, 2251 UTC; Site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, USA. Following a nominal four hour, 21-minute flight, the Delta IV deployed the spacecraft. >>>
Ulysses spacecraft ends mission
02 Jul 2009 - Ulysses, a joint NASA and European Space Agency mission, officially ceased operations on 30 June 2009, after receiving commands from ground controllers to do so. The spacecraft, which operated for more than 18 years, charted the unexplored regions of space above the poles of the Sun. >>>
GeoEye receives additional U.S. government awards
02 Jul 2009 - GeoEye, Inc. announced new U.S. government awards totalling more than US$25 million to supply geospatial products and services. >>>
Measat-3a to begin testing
01 Jul 2009 - Measat Satellite Systems Sdn Bhd announced that the Measat-3a satellite has been successfully moved to the 91.4 degrees East orbital slot in preparation for testing. >>>
EUMETSAT Council moves GMES and Jason-3 forward
01 Jul 2009 - EUMETSAT, the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, held its 67th Council meeting in Darmstadt, Germany, on 30 June and 1 July. >>>
Boeing to enter Phase 2 of FAST programme
01 Jul 2009 - An industry team led by Boeing has received a contract from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for work on Phase 2 of the Fast Access Spacecraft Testbed (FAST) programme. >>>
Lockheed Martin to develop concept for U.S. Space Fence
01 Jul 2009 - The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a US$30 million contract to begin concept development for Space Fence, a system of land-based S-Band radars and supporting operations centres that will detect and report on objects and debris orbiting the Earth. >>>
TerreStar-1 pre-launch details
30 Jun 2009 - Arianespace's Ariane 5 heavy-lift flight with the world's largest commercial telecommunications satellite was given the go-ahead for lift-off on 1 July following a launch readiness review. >>>
Turkey soon to order new communications satellite
30 Jun 2009 - Turkey plans to have a new telecommunication satellite launched by the end of 2011 or the beginning of 2012, the country's Transport Minister Binali Yildirim said. >>>
Next GLONASS three-pack is complete
29 Jun 2009 - JSC Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems said it has completed the GLONASS-M32 satellite. Its launch in cluster #40 is scheduled for September 2009. >>>
Joint ESA/NASA Ulysses mission to end
28 Jun 2009 - After 18.6 years in space and defying several earlier expectations of its demise, the joint ESA/NASA solar orbiter Ulysses will achieve 'end of mission' on 30 June 2009. >>>
SBIRS HEO payload, associated ground system begin trial operations
28 Jun 2009 - The U.S. Air Force announced that the second Space Based Infrared System Highly Elliptical Orbit payload and associated ground system has entered trial period operations. >>>
Solaris Mobile files insurance claim for S-band payload
01 Jul 2009 - Solaris Mobile and its shareholders, Eutelsat Communications and SES Astra, have announced that the investigation of its S-band payload has confirmed significant non-compliance from its original specifications. >>>
NRO-L21 failure still unexplained
29 Jun 2009 - Two and a half years after it suddenly failed, the reason for the total loss of the military NRO-L21 (USA 193) satellite is still unknown. >>>
Sounds familiar
29 Jun 2009 - A satellite project was ill-prepared and badly managed, it is behind schedule and over budget. Yet another report from the U.S. Government Accountability office? No - this is what the European Court of Auditors found out about the planned Galileo navigation system. >>>
Financing for next-gen Globalstar constellation complete
01 Jul 2009 - Globalstar, Inc. announced that it has completed a financing of approximately US$738 million. >>>
News in brief
02 Jul 2009 - Maxis renews multi-transponder lease on Measat satellite network / Satcom Direct transmits data to aircraft using Inmarsat-4 Satcom Datalink >>>
SES Astra signs long-term contract with BSkyB
01 Jul 2009 - SES Astra said it has renewed contracts with BSkyB (Sky) for 24 transponders on a long-term basis on Astra's 28.2 degrees East orbital position. In total Sky is using 31 transponders on the Astra satellite system. >>>
SatGate resumes services at 31.5 degrees East
29 Jun 2009 - Lithuanian satellite service provider SatGate resumes its transmissions from SES Astra's orbital position at 31.5 degrees East. >>>
Some internal statistics
28 Jun 2009 - With last Friday's issue, the number of articles in the Sat-ND archive has surpassed the 30,000-mark. >>>
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