Satellite News

Rocket: Chang Zheng-11; Payload: XPNAV-1 plus Xaiaoxiang-1 and three Lishui-1 nanosatellites; Date: 9 November 2016, 2342 UTC; Launch site: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China. The satellites were deployed into low-Earth orbit.

Arianespace has finished the Ariane 5 launcher with the installation of the payload fairing over the four Galileo spacecraft and their payload dispenser.