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Archive for June 10th, 2019

Spektr-RG to launch on 21 June after years of delay

June 10th, 2019 by

Specialists of the Roskosmos enterprises completed the general assembly of a Proton-M integrated launch vehicle at the Baikonur Cosmodrome.

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Ariane 6 development on track

June 10th, 2019 by

Europe’s Ariane 6 launch vehicle is set to debut with a commercial mission in 2020 – industry is carrying out the final tests and starting production. The Ariane 6 launch zone at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana is near completion.

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China to complete BeiDou-3 satellite system by 2020

June 10th, 2019 by

China’s BeiDou-3 navigation satellite system is expected to be completed in 2020, with a total of 35 satellites, researchers at a conference on the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) said.

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KiboCUBE: Team from Moldova selected for 4th round

June 10th, 2019 by

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) have been co-operating under the KiboCUBE programme launched in 2015 to provide opportunities to deploy CubeSats from the Japanese Experiment Module “Kibo” of the International Space Station (ISS).

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