Satellite News

The first flight test of NASA’s Orion spacecraft is scheduled for Thursday, 4 December.

The next launch of a Russian navigation satellite GLONASS-K from the Plesetsk cosmodrome is scheduled for 30 November (UTC).

Two former senior Korea Telecom executives were indicted for selling the Koreasat 3 satellite to ABS of Hong Kong without government authorisation, a spokesman for the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office was quoted as saying.

NASA is considering issuing a challenge for developing stratospheric airships that can break records in terms of duration of flight at high altitudes. The agency has issued a request for information for this contemplated “20-20-20 Airship Challenge.” Submissions will be accepted until 1 December.

Orbital Sciences Corporation congratulated NASA and the Swift satellite team on the recent 10th anniversary of the astrophysics spacecraft’s launch and successful operation.