Boeing Expected to Dump Its Stake in Sea Launch Nov 13, 2009
Sea Launch uses a self-propelled rocket platform and command ship to launch heavy satellites into geostationary orbit from the equatorial Pacific, where the physics of the location maximize a booster's lift capacity. The company also has begun conducting land launches from Kazakhstan for medium-weight satellites. (ABC News -- Wire)
Capturing sun rays in space to light up Japan Nov 9, 2009
But Japans boldest plan to date is the Space Solar Power System (SSPS), in which arrays of photovoltaic dishes several square kilometres in size would hover in geostationary orbit outside Earths atmosphere. Since solar power is a clean and inexhaustible energy source, we believe this system will help solve the problems of energy shortage and global warming, researchers at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, one of the project participants, wrote in a report. (India Times, India)
Hylas payload shipped to India Nov 7, 2009
The satellite is designed to have a lifetime of 15 years, and will be positioned in geostationary orbit at 33. 5W.. (Scientific American)
Laser-powered robot aiming for space Nov 6, 2009
Scientists believe that one day the same principles could be used to reach a point in a geostationary orbit. SEE ALSO. (BBC News -- Technology)
S Korea to launch weather-communications satellite next year Nov 6, 2009
It will be placed in geostationary orbit 36,000 km from Earth and be equipped with a multi-spectrum camera and sensor array that can help gather high quality ocean meteorological data including typhoons, ocean temperatures, the movement of dust and cloud formations, the ministry said. The satellite has been assembled in South Korea and will be shipped to Toulouse, France within the month for final performance evaluations before the satellite is launched from Guiana Space Centre, a French... (Xinhuanet, China)
The satellite industry goes into orbit: Beaming Oct 15, 2009
Turnover among operators of satellites in geostationary orbit (GEO) grew by 7-8% last year, according to Northern Sky Research (NSR); analysts at Euroconsult, a rival research firm, put the figure even higher, at 11. The three biggest firms in the business SES, based in The Hague, Intelsat, based in Washington, DC, and Eutelsat, based in Paris brought in combined revenues of over $6 billion. (The Economist)
* World News Quick Take Oct 12, 2009
Their robots will dock with failing satellites to carry out repairs or push them into graveyard orbits, freeing vital space in geostationary orbit. This is the narrow band 35,000km above the Earth in which orbiting objects appear fixed at the same point. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Robots to push dead satellites off Earths orbit Oct 12, 2009
Their robots will dock with failing satellites to carry out repairs or push them into graveyard orbits, freeing vital space in geostationary orbit. This is the narrow band 22,000 miles above the Earth in which orbiting objects appear fixed at the same point. (India Times, India -- Health/Science)
'Secret' launch lifts mystery payload into orbit Sep 10, 2009
The 19-story rocket flew straight up before arcing out over the Atlantic Ocean on a due east trajectory -- the flight path communications satellites typically take to geostationary orbit 22,300 miles above Earth. From that orbit, a spacecraft matches Earth's rotation and can remain perched over a single point on the planet, such as a ground station for a communications or data-relay satellite. (Florida Today)
Atlas 5 rocket launches secret satellite Sep 10, 2009
The satellite, known as P360/PAN, appeared to be headed for a geostationary orbit. Technical issues have twice delayed the rocket's launch in the past two months. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Seven satellites to guard India Aug 10, 2009
Speaking at the Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi, Nair said: "The proposed system would consist of a constellation of seven satellites and a ground support segment. Three of the satellites will be placed in the geostationary orbit and four near the geostationary orbit. "Such an arrangement would mean all seven satellites would have continuous radio visibility with the Indian control stations. The satellite payloads will consist of atomic clocks and electronic equipment to generate the... (India Times, India)
NASA and NOAA'S GOES-14 satellite takes first full disk image Jul 29, 2009
Launched as GOES-O on June 27, 2009, the satellite was renamed GOES-14 after reaching geostationary orbit on July 8, 2009. The satellite is now approximately 22,300 miles above Earth's surface located at 89. (EurekAlert!)
Cisco To Put Routers In Space Jul 8, 2009
The company that pioneered the Internet router is about to enter a new frontier, sending one into geostationary orbit on a satellite. It's the first big step in a U.S. Defense Department-led initiative, called Internet Routers In Space (IRIS), that could eventually make it easier and less expensive to get high-speed Internet access where wires and cables don't reach. (BusinessWeek)
Russia sends U.S. communications satellite into orbit Jul 1, 2009
"The satellite will take up a point in a geostationary orbit at 96 degrees, western longitude," the Itar-tass news agency cited the unnamed official as saying. The launch, originally scheduled for Monday, was postponed one day due to some glitches when the Briz-M booster was fueled last Wednesday. (Xinhuanet, China)
Russia sends Malaysian telecom satellite into orbit Jun 22, 2009
Hours later the satellite will completely separate from the DM SLB booster of the rocket, and enter the geostationary orbit slot at 91. 5 degrees EL.. (Xinhuanet, China)
China launches second "Compass" satellite Apr 15, 2009
China launched the first "Compass" navigation satellite into geostationary orbit in April 2007 to build up its own positioning system following the United States' Global Positioning System (GPS), the Galileo Positioning System of Europe and Russia's Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS). Backgrounders. (Xinhuanet, China)
China to have global satellite navigation system by 2015 Apr 15, 2009
China launched the first satellite, Beidou Navigation System, into geostationary orbit in Oct. 2000, in an effort to build up its own positioning system independent from the U.S.'s Global Positioning System (GPS), E.U.'s Galileo Positioning System and Russia's Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS). China has sent five positioning orbiters into the space. (Xinhuanet, China)
Europe sets out space goals Apr 7, 2009
This will enable Ariane to push 2-3 tonnes more than the current nine tonnes towards geostationary orbit some 36,000km above the Earth. The meeting agreed to spend 357m euros on this between now and 2011. (BBC News -- Science)
Dishing out the wisdom Apr 4, 2009
THE ANSWER: "Satellites in geostationary orbit appear from the Earth's surface to be at a fixed point in the sky," writes John Forsey, an Ottawa satellite engineer. Satellite television dishes are oriented "in elevation and azimuth" so that the feedhorn faces the desired satellite. (Globe and Mail)
* Junk sparks scare on space station Mar 14, 2009
The worst debris clouds are in low Earth orbit (LEO), between 800km and 1,500km above the Earth, and in geostationary orbit, about 35,000km up. This story has been viewed 373 times. (Taipei Times, Taiwan)
When Satellites Collide Feb 24, 2009
As a result of the accident, Russian scientists have said that making flights into geostationary orbit, which sits at approximately 36,000 km above the earth and is a popular height for telecom satellites, will be considerably more difficult to do considering the floating debris. "Future launches will have to be adjusted with regard to the fact that the debris [from the collision] has spread over an 800-km area and will gather at a common orbit in 5-6 years," said Alexander Stepanov, director of... (IGN Gear)
Space Nations Unsure How to Handle Space Junk Feb 19, 2009
(3 Hidden) By on 2/18/09, Rating: 3 By on 2/18/2009 4:59:29 PM , Rating: 3 If there's anything more dangerous than a defunct satellite floating through geostationary orbit, it is a high-velocity metal/silicon shard from a blasted version of said satellite ... By on 2/18/09, Rating: 2 By on 2/18/2009 5:06:06 PM , Rating: 2 A defunct satellite in geostationary orbit really isn't a problem. (DailyTech)
Space "car crash" calls for better traffic management Feb 13, 2009
He said there are orbital slots in geostationary orbit, while in low earth orbit, particularly in sun-synchronous orbits, there are no slots but close conjunctions of different satellites ... The expert also suggested the establishment of orbital slots and lanes in low earth orbit, as has already been done in geostationary orbit. (Xinhuanet, China)
