TerreStar-1 Delays Launch to Test S-Band Payload

TerreStar Networks Inc. has pushed the launch of the TerreStar-1 satellite from late June into early July to perform further testing of the S-band payload, the company announced June 8. The launch aboard an Ariane 5 rocket has been scheduled for June 24, but TerreStar requested “additional time to ensure that an on-orbit anomaly that occurred recently on another operator's satellite has no bearing on the flight worthiness of TerreStar-1,” the company said. More

(Source: Satellite Today - Jun 10)