Satellite News

The Astra 2E satellite, designed and manufactured for satellite operator SES by Astrium, is ready to be launched on 29 September, 2138 UTC by an International Launch Services Proton launch vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

The Canadian satellite CASSIOPE (Cascade SmallSat and Ionospheric Polar Explorer) is ready for its second attempt to launch. The event is planned on 29 September with a launch window opening at 1600 UTC. CASSIOPE will lift off from Vandenberg, California aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

NASA and its International Space Station partners have approved a 29 September target arrival of Orbital Sciences’ Cygnus spacecraft on its demonstration cargo resupply mission to the space station.

Thales Alenia Space announced the signature of a contract with Telespazio worth more than EUR120 million, within the scope of a contract for the supply of EGNOS services (European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service), signed by ESSP (European Satellite Services Provider) and Telespazio in July 2013.