Satellite News

Rocket: Soyuz 2-1a; Payload: Foton M4; Date: 19 July 2014, 2050 UTC; Launch site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The spacecraft, which carries biological and other experiments, was accurately placed on the target orbit. This was the twelfth Soyuz family mission in 2014.

Preparations are in full swing for the launch of Angara 5 heavy-lift launch vehicle, marking the next testing phase of the new Angara Space Rocket Complex (SRC).

In order to proceed with complementary verifications on the Ariane 5 ES launch system, Arianespace has decided to delay the VA219 launch for a few days.

Iridium Communications Inc. announced the completion of the first five flight main mission antennas (MMAs) for the Iridium NEXT constellation.

NSR’s Global Satellite Capacity Supply & Demand, 11th Edition report, projects new supply of over 3,000 new transponders and 2+ Tbps of HTS capacity fuelled by risk-taking from key operators will far outstrip demand growth over the next decade.

SpaceWorks has released its annual assessment “Global Launch Vehicle Market Assessment, A study of launch services for nano/microsatellites in 2013.” The reports aims to capture the growing number of future nano/microsatellite missions requiring a launch.