Satellite News

Rocket: Angara A5.1 L/Briz M; Payload: dummy mass; Date: 23 December, 0557 UTC; Launch site: Plesetsk, Russia. In this first flight test of the newest Russian heavy-lift launch vehicle, a satellite mockup was successfully brought into geostationary orbit (but was, as per plan, not deployed).

ATK and NASA have announced an agreement to support near-term core technologies for Satellite Life Extension, Robotic Satellite Repair, and Satellite Refuelling.