Satellite News

During a meeting Monday at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, agency officials revised the target launch dates for space shuttle flights during the next 12 months.

Bigelow Aerospace said it has been informed by its launch services provider, ISC Kosmotras (”ISCK”), that the launch of the Genesis II spacecraft aboard a Dnepr will be delayed by as much as four weeks.

Rocket: Dnepr; Payload: 14 satellites; Date: 17 April 2007, 0646 UTC; Launch Site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The rocket successfully deployed the satellites into a 640 km Sun-synchronous orbit.