Satellite News

Rocket: Soyuz-U; Payload: Progress 19M [Progress 51P]; Date: 24 April 2013, 1021 UTC; Launch site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The vehicle was inserted into a 194 km x 247 km x 51.7 degrees parking low-Earth orbit.

The first launch of Russia’s new generation Angara rocket from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome is delayed – again.

Orbital Sciences Corporation announced that it has been selected by NASA to design, manufacture, integrate and test a new astrophysics satellite that will perform a full-sky search for exoplanets around nearby stars.

Today, Metop-B replaced Metop-A as EUMETSAT’s prime operational polar-orbiting satellite following the end of its commissioning period. Metop-A will continue operations as long as its available capacities bring benefits to users.

The Boeing Company reported first-quarter 2013 financial results.