Alcatel Space has won a $190 million contract from Brazilian satellite operator Star One to build a new communications satellite.
The Star One C-1 satellite will be launched by an Arianespace Ariane 5 booster in 2005 into a geostationary orbit position at 65°W.
Source: Flight Daily News
China’s AVIC has secured a contract from the China Manned Space Agency to develop a winged, reusable spacecraft called Haolong.
The UK Space Command’s first owned earth observation microsatellite has been launched, providing the inaugural element of a planned space-based intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) constellation.
Orbital launch pioneer SpaceX is being contracted by the American space agency NASA to develop a so-called “US Deorbit Vehicle” that can safely return the International Space Station to Earth via controlled re-entry.
