Satellite News

The launch of India’s first interplanetary probe, Mars Orbiter Spacecraft onboard PSLV-C25 (in its XL version), is scheduled on 5 November 2013 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota.

NASA successfully launched a Black Brant IX sounding rocket on 21 October at 1800 UTC from the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, carrying instrumentation to support the calibration of the EUV Variability Experiment (EVE) aboard the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) satellite.

A cargo resupply demonstration mission by Orbital Sciences Corp. drew to a close as Expedition 37 crew members aboard the International Space Station detached and released the Cygnus spacecraft from the orbiting laboratory.

Lockheed Martin Corporation reported financial results for the third quarter 2013.

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. announced that it has signed two contracts totalling C7.5 million for the provision of Radarsat-2 information and services.