Satellite News

The launch of ISRO’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV-C23, is scheduled on 30 June 2014 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota. The vehicle lift-off time is scheduled at 0419 UTC.

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) announced the successful launch of KazEOSat-2, a medium resolution Earth observation satellite for the Republic of Kazakhstan The spacecraft was launched into a 630-km sun-synchronous orbit on board a Dnepr rocket from Yasny in Russia.

Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) has signed a definitive purchase agreement to acquire the Orbital Technologies Corporation (ORBITEC) as a wholly-owned subsidiary of SNC. ORBITEC is a subsystems integrator and high technology development company.