Satellite News

Rocket: Falcon 9; Payload: six Orbcomm OG2 satellites; Date: 14 July 2014, 1515 UTC; Launch site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, USA. The satellites were successfully separated from the launch vehicle into the proper insertion orbit less than 10 minutes after lift-off.

Engineers at University College Dublin have been contracted by the European Space Agency to find new ways to reduce vibrations during lift-off in future launcher designs.