Satellite News

The government commission of the state-run corporation Roskosmos may make a final decision regarding the date of launching the manned spacecraft Soyuz MS to the International Space Station on 6 June, TASS reported citing a source in the space rocket industry.

XCOR Aerospace announced that it has decided to focus the majority of its resources on the final development of its liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen (LH2) programme.

The French Navy has awarded a four year contract covering the provision of a satellite-based maritime surveillance service to a consortium of Airbus Defence and Space and Telespazio France.

Ball Aerospace and World View are working together to explore the feasibility of a commercial capability to perform persistent remote sensing from the Stratollite platform. The collaboration will culminate with World View performing a long-duration, persistent Stratollite flight to demonstrate remote sensing capabilities for commercial applications.