Satellite News

A Proton-M rocket has failed to place the Ekspress-AM4R communications satellite into orbit. The rocket lifted off at 2142 UTC on 15 May 2014. The failure occurred nine minutes into flight at an altitude of 161 km during the operation of the vehicle’s third stage.

The launch of a United Launch Alliance Delta IV carrying the Air Force’s Global Positioning System IIF-6 payload on 16 May (UTC) was scrubbed owing to the violation of multiple weather criteria.

Russia has postponed the launch of the Meteor-M No. 2 hydro-meteorological satellite originally scheduled for 19 June to a later date.

The International Space Station (ISS)-RapidScat scatterometer instrument arrived at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 12 May after a cross-country trip from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California.

The GLONASS-M No. 55 navigation spacecraft, developed and built by ISS-Reshetnev Company, was shipped off to the Plesetsk launch site on 15 May 2014.

Eutelsat Communications reported financial results for the nine-month period ending 31 March 2014,

ATK reported operating results for the fourth quarter and Fiscal Year 2014, which ended on 31 March 2014.

Via Sat Brasil announced that it has concluded a multi-year contract with Eutelsat do Brasil, the Brazilian affiliate of Eutelsat Communications, for the entire High Throughput payload on the Eutelsat 3B satellite that is scheduled for launch on 26 May.