Satellite News

The Russian Federal Space Agency has postponed the launch of a Proton-M carrier rocket carrying Inmarsat 5 F2.

New York Broadband LLC has selected Boeing Satellite Systems International Inc. for negotiation of a contract to build a new high-powered L-band satellite that will support mobile multimedia services to China and other Asian markets planned by CMMB Vision of Hong Kong.

Planet Labs announced a first closing of the majority of its US$70 million Series C round led by Data Collective, with participation from new investors, as well as support from existing investors.

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.

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V 551 will launch the U.S. Navy’s third Mobile User Objective System (MUOS-3) satellite on 21 January 2015 (UTC) from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.