Satellite News

INSAT-4CR, launched from Sriharikota on 2 September, was today successfully placed in its final geosynchronous orbit, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman G. Madhavan Nair said.

SSTL, the company that built the only Galileo satellite to reach orbit so far, wants to build more.

Rocket: Soyuz-U; Payload: Foton-M3; Time: 14 September 2007, 1100 UTC; Site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The spacecraft, which is carrying a payload with European scientific experiments, was accurately placed on the target orbit.

Rocket: H-IIA; Payload: Kaguya (Selenological and Engineering Explorer, SELENE); Time: 14 September 2007, 0131 UTC; Site: Tanegashima Space Center, Japan. The launch vehicle flew smoothly, and at about 45 minutes and 34 seconds after lift-off the separation of the moon probe was confirmed.