Satellite News

Roskosmos has released the investigation results of the failed cargo spacecraft launch in April, blaming a design incompatibility for the failure. The flaw was however unique to the particular combination of rocket (Soyuz-2.1a) and payload (Progress M).

The U.S. Air Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center released a formal solicitation seeking proposals for shared public-private investments in rocket propulsion system prototypes.

According to local media reports, the assets of bankrupt Australian satellite operator NewSat are to be sold to a foreign company for up to US$250 million.

SES S.A. announced that StarTimes, a Chinese systems integrator, technology provider and network operator, has extended its partnership with SES on the SES-5 satellite.