Payload / Mission
ST-1
Jointly owned by Singapore Telecom (SingTel) and Chunghwa Telecom of Taiwan, the ST 1 satellite system provides telecommunications and direct-to-home broadcast services to most of Asia, up to 16 high-power Ku-band transponders over India, south-east Asia and Taiwan, and 14 C-band transponders for coverage from western India and Pakistan to Borneo, the Philippines and south-eastern China. The ST 1 satellite was launched in August 1998. Two ground control stations are located in Seletar (Singapore) and Taipei (Taiwan).
Associated launch
📰 News
A new report links the long-running technical problems with Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner commercial crew vehicle to a combination of overconfidence, unrealistic schedules and NASA’s lack of insight into the vehicle. The post Report links Starliner problems to overconfidence and unrealistic schedules appeared first on SpaceNews.
NASA’s safety advisers say that while the agency and Boeing make progress in addressing problems with the CST-100 Starliner, it could be up to a year before it flies again. The post NASA and Boeing still uncertain about when Starliner will return to flight appeared first on SpaceNews.
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