Satellite News

Rocket: PSLV-C23 (‘core alone’ configuration); Payload: SPOT 7, four co-payloads; Date: 30 June 2014, 0422 UTC; Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Shriharikota, India. The rocket also carried the 14 kg AISAT of Germany, NLS7.1 (CAN-X4) & NLS7.2 (CAN-X5) of Canada each with a mass of 15 kg, and the 7 kg VELOX-1 of Singapore as co-passengers. All satellites were successfully deployed. ISRO has so far launched 35 satellites from 19 countries worldwide.

Russia put off the maiden launch of its first new space rocket design since Soviet times for a second time on Saturday, 28 June.

Orbital Sciences Corporation announced it is in final preparations for the launch of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) satellite.

NASA said its aerospace industry partners are taking their designs and operational plans for the agency’s Commercial Crew Program (CCP) through a series of comprehensive tests, evaluations and review boards this summer as they move through important milestones – all with an eye on launching people into orbit from U.S. soil by 2017.

The inaugural test launch of Russia’s Angara launcher was cancelled several minutes before takeoff and tentatively delayed until Saturday.

The Launch Authorisation Board (LAB) for the PSLV-C23 mission has cleared the launch on 30 June 2014 from SDSC SHAR, Sriharikota.

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. said it has delivered the next-generation commercial remote sensing satellite built for DigitalGlobe, to the launch facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. The WorldView-3 satellite is slated to fly aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket in mid-August for DigitalGlobe.

Intelsat S.A. announced that it has signed a 15-year agreement with Encompass Digital Media for capacity on Intelsat 34.