Satellite News

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.

SES Global South America Holdings announced an agreement with AR-SAT, Empresa Argentina de Soluciones Satelitales, S.A., the recently formed satellite operator based in Buenos Aires.

SES Global South America Holdings announced an agreement with AR-SAT, Empresa Argentina de Soluciones Satelitales, S.A., the recently formed satellite operator based in Buenos Aires.

Shortly after its recent flyby of Saturn’s moon Iapetus, the Cassini probe temporarily went into safe mode. The spacecraft is operating normally again and its instruments are expected to return to normal operations in a few days.

Shortly after its recent flyby of Saturn’s moon Iapetus, the Cassini probe temporarily went into safe mode. The spacecraft is operating normally again and its instruments are expected to return to normal operations in a few days.

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) confirmed that it has signed a contract with UK-based Avanti Communications Group for the launch of Avanti’s HYLAS Ka-band satellite to geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) on board a SpaceX Falcon 9.

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) confirmed that it has signed a contract with UK-based Avanti Communications Group for the launch of Avanti’s HYLAS Ka-band satellite to geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) on board a SpaceX Falcon 9.