SPACEandTECH Digest is
a weekly roundup of the latest space news. Our concise
summaries are selected because they address topics or areas of
interest to
the space industry professional.
In
this issue:
Iridium Running Out
Of Time
Iridium
has until August 9 to try and work out a new deal with Castle
Harlan or another company or Motorola will put a "plan
in place to decommission the
constellation." [full article]
ICO
Satellite Launches To Be Delayed By Upgrades
ICO
has decided to
delay its launches and focus on a broad upgrade of its satellites
now in construction. [full article]
iPstar
1 Contract Awarded To Loral By Shin Satellite
Shin
Satellite Plc. of Thailand has awarded a contract to Space
Systems/Loral (SS/L) for the design and construction of iPStar 1. [full
article]
New
Skies Satellite Awards Lockheed Martin NSS 6 Contract
New Skies
Satellite N.V. has awarded Lockheed
Martin Commercial Space Systems
a contract to build NSS 6. [full
article]
Lockheed
Martin Completes Acquisition Of Comsat Corporation
Lockheed Martin Corp.
successfully purchased the remaining shares of Comsat Corp. [full
article]
FCC Approves
Intelsat LLC Application To Operate Global Satellite System
The U.S.
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved Intelsat LLC's
application to own and operate a global satellite system. [full
article]
PanAmSat
Appeals FCC Ka-band License Revocation
PanAmSat
has appealed to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
to reinstate its licenses for two planned Ka-band satellites. [full
article]
SES
Buys Twenty Per Cent Stake In Embratel
Societe Europeene
des Satellites (SES), Luxembourg bought a 20 percent stake in the
satellite unit of Brazilian telecommunications firm Embratel. [full
article]
EchoStar
Sues Insurers After Policies Expire
EchoStar filed
suit in a U.S. District Court claiming 13 insurers have conspired to leave the
company without insurance. [full article]
Boeing
To Establish Firewalls Between Rocket / Satellite Divisions
Boeing
will establish formal measures to separate its satellite and
launch vehicle divisions once the acquisition of Hughes' satellite
manufacturing division is complete. [full
article]
ImageSat
Completes Round Of EROS Financing
ImageSat International has raised US$90 million in capital to fund
the Earth Remote-sensing Observation Satellite (EROS) commercial
project. [full article]
Soyuz U Launches First Progress Cargo Flight To ISS
A Russian Soyuz U
launched a Progress M1-3 supply flight to the International Space
Station (ISS) at 1826:42 UTC August 6. [full
article]
More
Delays For Japan’s HOPE-X Shuttle
Japan has temporarily
placed plans to develop their H-2 Orbiting Plane Experiment
(HOPE-X) on hold. [full article]
Japan
Space Station Modules Delayed
Japan's Science and Technology Agency
has postponed the launch of the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM)
for the International Space Station by 15 months. [full
article]
NASA
Announces 2000 Astronaut Class
NASA has
selected seventeen candidates as members
of their 2000 Astronaut class. [full
article]
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