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Archive for May 28th, 2014

New crew on its way to the ISS

May 28th, 2014 by

Rocket: Soyuz FG; Payload: Soyuz TMA-13M; Date: 28 May 2014, 1957 UTC; Launch site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The crew spacecraft safely reached orbit 8 minutes and 46 seconds after launch and is expected to dock with the International Space Station about six hours after lift-off.

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Delay of the day: Orbital Antares launch postponed

May 28th, 2014 by

Orbital has rescheduled the launch of its Antares rocket for the Orb-2 mission to a date of no earlier than (NET) 17 June 2014.

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SpaceX completes qualification testing of SuperDraco thruster

May 28th, 2014 by

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) announced that it has completed qualification testing for the SuperDraco thruster, an engine that will power the Dragon spacecraft’s launch escape system and enable the vehicle to land propulsively on Earth or another planet with pinpoint accuracy.

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Ekspress-AM6 satellite shipped to launch site

May 28th, 2014 by

The Ekspress-AM6 telecommunications satellite, designed and built by the ISS Reshetnev Company, was delivered to the Baikonur cosmodrome on 26 May 2014 to begin pre-launch preparations.

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RSCC’s new Ekspress-AT2 satellite enters service

May 28th, 2014 by

Europe’s upcoming Sentinel-2 mission has reached a significant milestone on its road to delivering high-resolution optical images for monitoring Earth. Seven years in the making, the spacecraft’s imager is ready to join the first satellite.

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