Satellite News

The Soyuz for Arianespace’s seventh mission with its medium-lift workhorse launcher is now in the launch zone at French Guiana, ready to receive the Sentinel-1A satellite payload for Europe’s Copernicus Earth observation programme.

The launch rehearsal for India’s second navigational satellite IRNSS 1B was completed successfully at the spaceport of Sriharikota, setting the stage for commencement of over 58-hour countdown for its lift off onboard PSLV C24 on 4 April.

Tempus Global Data, Inc. announced that it has opened operations in Utah to deliver weather data through the use of the Utah State University-built Sounding & Tracking Observatory for Regional Meteorology instrument under an exclusive agreement.

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