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Summary: 23 Jul 2010 - 29 Jul 2010
 Japanese fishermen clear way for all-year launches
29 Jul 2010 - Launches from Japan's Tanegashima and Uchinoura Space Centres will from 2011 be possible all year after local fishermen's associations agreed to lift the current 190-day limit. >>>
New upper stage for Proton to debut in November
28 Jul 2010 - Russia plans to fly a modernised, more powerful Block DM-3 upper stage for the first time in November 2010. >>>
Proton involved in train crash arrives at Baikonur
27 Jul 2010 - The rail convoy with the Proton launch vehicle assigned to support the launch of three GLONASS M satellites arrived in the Integration-and-Test Facility at the Baikonur launch base on 26 July and the launcher units were offloaded from rail cars. >>>
LaBarge receives contract for Atlas V wiring harnesses
27 Jul 2010 - LaBarge, Inc. has received a US$4.9 million contract from United Launch Alliance (ULA) to continue to produce complex wiring harnesses for the Atlas V launch vehicle. >>>
Sea Launch signs agreement with EchoStar
26 Jul 2010 - Sea Launch Company has signed an agreement with a subsidiary of EchoStar Satellite Services L.C.C., a wholly owned subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation, providing EchoStar with the ability to launch up to three satellites on the Sea Launch system. >>>
ITT navigation payload for GPS III passes CDR
28 Jul 2010 - ITT has announced that it has passed a key milestone with the successful completion of the Critical Design Review (CDR) for the Navigation Payload Element (NPE) the company is developing for the U.S. Air Force's GPS III programme. >>>
IKAROS demos propellantless attitude control
27 Jul 2010 - The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) performed an attitude control experiment of the solar sail of the Small Solar Power Sail Demonstrator "IKAROS" after its deployment, using a liquid crystal attitude control device. >>>
JWST completes cryogenic mirror test
27 Jul 2010 - Six James Webb Space Telescope beryllium mirror segments recently completed a series of cryogenic tests at the X-ray & Cryogenic Facility at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. >>>
Integral Systems to deliver more equipment to DigitalGlobe
27 Jul 2010 - Integral Systems, Inc. announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, RT Logic, has received an order from DigitalGlobe to supply remote high rate data capture systems and Telemetry, Tracking and Control (TT&C) modems to optimise distribution of DigitalGlobe's satellite imagery. >>>
Solar sails could help achieve 'displaced orbits'
26 Jul 2010 - When U.S. space pioneer, Dr. Robert L. Forward, proposed in 1984 a way of improving satellite telecommunications using a new family of orbits, some claimed it was impossible. Now engineers at the University of Strathclyde's Advanced Space Concepts Laboratory have proved that Dr. Forward was right, the university said. >>>
Boeing completes critical design review of Intelsat 22
26 Jul 2010 - Boeing announced that it met or exceeded all the requirements of the Critical Design Review (CDR) of the Ultra High Frequency (UHF) hosted payload and its host spacecraft, the Intelsat 22 satellite (IS-22). >>>
Ball Aerospace, Lockheed Martin demonstrate new docking system
26 Jul 2010 - Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company and NASA conducted a successful technology demonstration of a navigation system that will make docking operations safer and easier for spacecraft flying to the International Space Station (ISS). >>>
Andrews Space, Honeybee Robotics to develop CMGs
26 Jul 2010 - Andrews Space and Honeybee Robotics they have entered into an exclusive teaming arrangement to provide control moment gyros for a range of spacecraft sizes. >>>
New Arabsats start commercial operations
23 Jul 2010 - The Arabsat-5A and Badr-5 satellites have been handed over to Arabsat by Astrium and Thales Alenia Space as part of the in-orbit delivery contract and have entered commercial service. >>>
Ball Aerospace completes integration of NPP's CrIS sensor
23 Jul 2010 - Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. said it has completed integration and performance testing of the Cross-track Infrared Sounder (CrIS) that will fly aboard NASA's National Preparatory Project (NPP) weather satellite. >>>
Zombiesat approaches next satellite
26 Jul 2010 - Zombie satellite Galaxy 15 has arrived in the vicinity of Galaxy 14, the third satellite it will fly by. Intelsat said that fly-by plans have been created and communicated to all Galaxy 14 customers. >>>
U.S. Bankruptcy Court confirms Sea Launch plan of reorganisation
28 Jul 2010 - The U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware has approved the Sea Launch Plan of Reorganisation. Sea Launch Company LLC filed the Plan on 10 May in preparation for its emergence from Chapter 11. >>>
Northrop Grumman Corp. (Aerospace Systems) results Q2 2010
29 Jul 2010 - Northrop Grumman Corporation reported financial results for the second quarter 2010. >>>
The Boeing Company (Network & Space Systems) results Q2 2010
28 Jul 2010 - The Boeing Company reported financial results for the second-quarter 2010. >>>
Thales (Aerospace & Transport) results H1 2010
28 Jul 2010 - The Board of Directors of Thales met on 28 July to review the results for the first half of 2010. >>>
Lockheed Martin Corporation (Space Systems) results Q2 2010
27 Jul 2010 - Lockheed Martin Corporation reported financial results for the second quarter 2010. >>>
Two more Astra transponders for Sogecable
28 Jul 2010 - SES Astra announced that it further intensifies its co-operation with the Spanish pay-TV operator Sogecable and supports the development of its High Definition (HD) direct-to-home (DTH) offer. >>>
Hughes demos advanced airborne video solution
26 Jul 2010 - Hughes Network Systems, LLC announced it completed a successful demonstration of its advanced airborne video solution to a U.S. government agency, confirming full D-1 video resolution at air-to-ground user data rates of over 2 Mbps. >>>
Satellite M2M market estimated at US$1.9 billion in 2016
29 Jul 2010 - The world satellite M2M communications market is currently experiencing exponential growth as companies seek to raise productivity while reducing costs, Frost & Sullivan said. M2M hardware and equipment have continuously reduced in both size and cost in the last five years. >>>
Satellite backhaul to extend its role in wireless market
29 Jul 2010 - Despite a challenging economic environment, the wireless industry was one of the global economic bright spots, which led to sustained demand for satellite backhaul services for use primarily in rural markets, according to NSR. >>>
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