Satnews Weekly This Week's Satellite News   
June 22, 2009 — June 28, 2009

Seriously, SIRIUS Satellite  Launch 
The SIRIUS FM-5 satellite will supplement the existing fleet of SIRIUS satellites with a high-power geostationary satellite that enhances the listening experience. Full Story

Sea Launch Files Chapter 11 to Address Financial Challenges
Sea Launch Company L.L.C. and Sea Launch Limited Partnership and subsidiaries (“Sea Launch” or “Company”), a leading provider of launch services to the commercial satellite industry, has filed voluntary petitions to reorganize under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware in Wilmington. Full Story

Northrop Grumman Shows Off Next Global Hawk Iteration In Paris
Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC) RQ-4 Global Hawk's versatility in adapting its attributes to multiple national security missions were a key display at the International Paris Air Show last week. Full Story

Landlaunch Successfully Lifts-Off MEASAT-3a To Super Slot
MEASAT Satellite Systems Sdn. Bhd. (“MEASAT”) has successful experienced the LandLaunch launch vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, that's carrying the MEASAT-3a satellite into orbit. Full Story

Boeing Bye Bye — GPS IIF Going To Cape Canaveral
Boeing [NYSE: BA] has shipped a Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellite to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida to conduct a series of key tests for the U.S. Air Force's next-generation satellite navigation system. Full Story

Here's Looking @ Earth: Australia's Eerie Eyre Water Watch
Australia’s Lake Eyre drainage basin sprawls across about 1.2 million square kilometers, stretching from Northern Territory to South Australia. Full Story

Die, Spy Satellite, Die — Says U.S. Homeland Security Secretary
In a report from Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano plans to do away with a program begun by the Bush administration that would use U.S. spy satellites for domestic security and law enforcement. Full Story

Double Ariane 5 Play For Arianespace @ Spaceport
Two Ariane 5 launch campaigns are in full swing at the Spaceport, keeping Arianespace on track for its targeted seven missions in 2009 with the workhorse heavy-lift vehicle. Full Story

CASBAA Catch-Up
The announcement of two Asia Pacific DTH platforms (Echostar/AsiaSat for Taiwan and VTV/Canal for Vietnam), along with a new Asian procurement and launch program (ABS-2 from Space Systems/Loral & Arianespace), plus an Arianespace launch contract for Singapore/Taiwan’s ST-2 satellite, has reinforced the essential nature of satellites for the Asian communications industry.? Full Story

GOES-O Gets Solar X-Ray Imager From Lockheed Martin For Late June Launch
The Solar X-ray Imager (SXI) instrument, designed and built by Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] at its Space Systems Advanced Technology Center (ATC), is ready for flight. Full Story

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