Satellite News

Rocket: Soyuz-U; Payload: Progress M-22M (Progress P54); Date: 5 February 2014, 1623 UTC; Launch site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The resupply spacecraft, loaded with 2.8 tons of cargo, docked with the ISS 5 hours, 59 minutes after lift-off.

Exelis has delivered the primary payload for the future Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R (GOES-R) weather satellite. The Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI), which provides high-resolution imagery of environmental conditions, has arrived in Denver where it will be integrated into its GOES-R satellite for a scheduled 2016 launch.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has signed a government directive consolidating space industry assets under a single state-controlled corporation.