Satellite News

mu Space Corp announced that they have entered into an agreement with Blue Origin to partner on a future launch of a geostationary satellite aboard their New Glenn orbital rocket. The launch is set to happen early in the next decade.

Elbit Systems Ltd. confirmed that on 7 August 2017, a jury in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas found Hughes Network Systems, LLC, to have infringed one of its patent, which generally relates to high-speed satellite communications, U.S. Patent No. 6,240,073.

Early in July the Inter-site links between the two Galileo Ground Control Centres in Oberpfaffenhofen (Germany) and Fucino (Italy) were declared fully functional and approved for use by the Galileo Security Accreditation Board.

With a Flight Readiness Review successfully concluded on 17 August, the U.S. Air Force’s Operational Responsive Space (ORS)-5 satellite is now ready for launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Lift-off of the five-stage Orbital ATK Minotaur IV launch vehicle is scheduled for 26 August during a four-hour launch window that opens at 0315 UTC.

Russian Aerospace Forces assumed control over newest military satellite, Blagovest No. 11L, launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome earlier, the Russian Defence Ministry said.

Rocket: Atlas V 401/Centaur; Payload: TDRS-M; Date: 18 August 2017, 1229 UTC; Launch site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, USA. This mission was launched into geostationary transfer orbit aboard an Atlas V 401 configuration vehicle, which includes a 4-meter extended payload fairing.

The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft which was launched on 14 August aboard a Falcon 9 rocket has arrived at the International Space Station.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. and JAXA have set a new date for the launch of the H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 35 (H-IIA F35) which encapsulates MICHIBIKI No. 3, Quasi-Zenith Satellite System; Geostationary Orbit Satellite, which was previously scheduled for 12 August.