Satellite News

Does history repeat itself? Again, North Korea claims to have successfully launched a satellite that apparently nobody else is able to see or hear.
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The W2A satellite of Eutelsat Communications was successfully lofted into orbit by a Proton Briz M rocket supplied by ILS. As reported earlier, lift-off of the 5.9 tonne satellite took place on 3 April at 1624 UTC.
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Rocket: Atlas V; Payload: WGS-2 (WGS SV-2); Date: 5 April 2009, 0031 UTC; Site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, USA. After a 31-minute flight, WGS-2 was placed successfully in orbit.
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The launch of a Radar Imaging Satellite (RISAT) aboard an Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C12) from Sriharikota has been rescheduled.
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