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Summary: 03 Feb 2010 - 08 Feb 2010
 Shuttle Endeavour lifts off to ISS
08 Feb 2010 - Space Shuttle Endeavour was launched at 0914 UTC and is heading for the International Space Station carrying two European modules: Node-3 (Tranquility) and Cupola. After the node and cupola are added, the orbiting laboratory will be approximately 90 percent complete. >>>
Proton M with Intelsat-16 satellite on launch pad
08 Feb 2010 - The roll out of the Proton Briz M launch vehicle, fully integrated with the Intelsat-16 satellite and Briz M upper stage, to launch pad 39 (in Area 200) was completed this morning. >>>
Launch of SERVIS-2 set for June
08 Feb 2010 - Following an agreement reached with their customer, the Institute for Unmanned Space Experiment Free Flyer (USEF), of Tokyo, Japan, and with Khrunichev Space Center, Moscow, Russia, Eurockot Launch Services of Bremen, Germany has now scheduled the launch of SERVIS-2 for 2 June 2010 from Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Northern Russia. >>>
STS-130 delayed at least one day
07 Feb 2010 - The launch of space shuttle Endeavour on the STS-130 mission was scrubbed today because of a low cloud ceiling. >>>
Atlas V to launch Solar Dynamics Observatory on 9 February
05 Feb 2010 - A United Launch Alliance Atlas V is set to launch NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) on 9 February with a launch window of 1530 - 1630 UTC from Space Launch Complex-41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. >>>
GOES-P fuelled; progressing towards launch on 1/2 March
05 Feb 2010 - The GOES-P spacecraft continues its processing at the Astrotech Facility in Titusville, Florida. >>>
India to launch Cartosat-2B in spring
05 Feb 2010 - India will shortly launch Cartosat-2B, a high-resolution remote sensing satellite, according to Indian Space Research Organisation Chairman K. Radhakrishnan. >>>
New cargo ship on its way to the ISS
03 Feb 2010 - Rocket: Soyuz-U; Payload: Progress M-04M (Progress P36); Date: 3 February 2010, 0345 UTC; Launch site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The Progress cargo spacecraft was accurately placed on the target orbit for another mission to the International Space Station. >>>
Iran flies animals into space
03 Feb 2010 - Iran announced it has successfully launched a research rocket carrying a mouse (or a rat, according to other reports), two turtles and worms into space. >>>
Thales Alenia Space, OHB likely to build new Meteosats
08 Feb 2010 - According to German media reports, Astrium has suffered another setback as ESA has decided to negotiate exclusively with Thales Alenia Space a €1.4-billion contract to build the Meteosat Third Generation satellites. >>>
Boeing's fourth WGS satellite passes key integration milestone
08 Feb 2010 - Boeing in late December successfully integrated the satellite bus and payload module for the fourth of six Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellites the company is building for the U.S. Air Force. >>>
SES World Skies to develop Andean slot at 67 degrees West
08 Feb 2010 - SES World Skies announced that it has reached an agreement with the Andean Community of Nations (CAN) regarding the long-term use of the 67 degrees West orbital position. >>>
Iran TV gives details of Mesbah 2
08 Feb 2010 - A report on Iranian TV contained some details regarding Mesbah 2. >>>
Alphabus on the move
07 Feb 2010 - The service module of the new Alphabus generation of telecommunication satellites has completed its first journey - from Cannes to Toulouse, in France. >>>
Iranian TV report about planned student satellite
07 Feb 2010 - A report on Iranian TV gave some details on the planned Navid-e Elm-o San'at student satellite. >>>
Intelsat-16 pre-launch details
05 Feb 2010 - An International Launch Services Proton M/Briz M is to launch Intelsat-16 directly into geostationary orbit on 12 February. The launch window opens at 0039 UTC. It will be the first ILS/Proton launch in 2010. >>>
Record-breaking weather satellite to be retired by year-end
04 Feb 2010 - Europe's series of Meteosat satellites has been improving the accuracy of weather forecasts for over 30 years. Meteosat-6 has recently broken the record for the operational life of one of these robust missions - but its days are numbered. >>>
Two new Russian contracts for MDA
04 Feb 2010 - MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. said it has signed two contracts with a combined worth of more than US$60 million with the Russian Radio Research and Development Institute (NIIR). >>>
Taiwan to develop indigenous imaging sensor for FormoSat 5
04 Feb 2010 - Taiwan's National Space Organisation (NSPO) announced the formation of a group specifically for researching, developing and manufacturing an optical remote sensing instrument to fly on FormoSat 5, the country's next Earth-observation satellite to be launched in 2013. >>>
Tranquility, Cupola ready for launch to complete ISS assembly
04 Feb 2010 - NASA's space shuttle Endeavour is undergoing final preparation for the STS-130 mission that will complete the basic assembly for the "non-Russian segment" of the ISS. >>>
Lockheed Martin-built SDO instruments ready for launch
03 Feb 2010 - Two solar instruments built at the Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory of the Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center (ATC) in Palo Alto are awaiting launch on 9 February 2010 aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. >>>
Northrop Grumman keeps weather satellite sensors cool
03 Feb 2010 - Northrop Grumman Corporation has been selected by ITT Corporation to provide flight cryocoolers for the sensor payloads for two international weather satellites. >>>
James Webb Space Telescope sunshield passes CDR
03 Feb 2010 - The James Webb Space Telescope's sunshield has passed its critical design review, certifying that its design is complete and meets mission requirements. By achieving thermal, deployment and stray-light targets, the sunshield is now ready for manufacturing. >>>
Cassini mission gets second extension
03 Feb 2010 - NASA will extend the international Cassini-Huygens mission to explore Saturn and its planets to 2017. The agency's fiscal year 2011 budget provides a US$60 million per year extension for continued study of the ringed planet. >>>
Political controversy once again hits Eutelsat
04 Feb 2010 - Once more, Eutelsat finds itself at the centre of a controversy in which a broadcaster accuses the satellite operator of censorship. In this case, state-funded Georgian Public Broadcaster GPB claims Eutelsat succumbed to Russian pressure by taking GPB's Russian-language channel off the W7 satellite. Eutelsat firmly denied all allegations. >>>
NGA buys radar satellite data from EADS North America
03 Feb 2010 - EADS North America has received a five-year contract to provide commercial radar satellite data to the U.S. government's National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) for use in intelligence, military and homeland security applications. >>>
Hughes to provide access network controller for Iridium Next
08 Feb 2010 - Iridium Communications Inc. has selected Hughes Network Systems, LLC to develop an Access Network Controller (ANC) in its gateway ground radio control network. >>>
M7 Group contracts two more transponders at 23.5 degrees East
08 Feb 2010 - SES Astra has signed a long-term agreement with M7 Group for two additional transponders on Astra 23.5 degrees East. >>>
Telespazio renews contracts with Eutelsat
05 Feb 2010 - Telespazio has renewed leases on two satellites operated by Eutelsat Communications for professional video contribution services and the outside broadcast purposes of RAI, Italy's national public broadcaster. >>>
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