Satellite News

ATK said has achieved a significant milestone in its NASA Research Announcement (NRA) Advanced Booster risk-reduction programme for the Space Launch System (SLS) by successfully completing filament winding of a pathfinder Advanced Booster composite case.

Space Systems/Loral (SSL) announced that the Sirius FM-6 satellite, designed and built for Sirius XM Radio, is performing post-launch manoeuvres according to plan.

ESA said that the Expedition 37 crew on board the ISS said goodbye to ATV Albert Einstein on 28 October 2013, with separation taking place at 0855 UTC.

Astrium has completed the radar instrument for the Sentinel-1A environmental satellite and will deliver it to Thales Alenia Space (TAS) in Rome for installation on the satellite.

NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution mission (MAVEN) spacecraft is undergoing final preparations for launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida,which is currently scheduled for 18 November,1828 UTC.

The lift-off mass of Amazonas 4a is 3,000 kg, not 6,200 kg as erroneously reported. (The incorrect figure was actually contained in an Arianespace press release.) The article in the archive has been updated accordingly. Many thanks to everybody who reported this error.