Satellite News

Engineers from NASA and Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne successfully completed a series of hot-fire altitude tests using liquid methane on the RS-18 engine.

China will launch the first of eight satellites to monitor environment and natural disasters from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center this week, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC).

The W5 satellite operated by Eutelsat Communications has lost one of its two solar arrays and consequently 50 percent of its power supply, manufacturer Thales Alenia Space confirmed. All high-power DTH transmissions have been shut down.