Satellite News

Scheduled for lift-off on 11 February between 1300 and 1500 UTC, a Vega rocket will loft the European Space Agency’s Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle (IXV), which was developed to test reentry technologies in developing systems and advanced technologies for future transportation systems.

The U.S. Air Force (USAF), acting in its capacity as the launch services provider with SpaceX, and with concurrence from NOAA and NASA, has announced a delay in the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) mission.

Galileo’s navigation messages will shortly stop being updated, in order to enable the migration of a new release for Galileo’s world-spanning ground mission segment.

SES Government Solutions (SES GS) announced the appointment of a new President and CEO, Brig Gen Peter Hoene, USAF (Ret), effective 2 March 2015.