Satellite News

Tanks of the second stage of the Proton-M rocket due to blast off from Baikonur on 6 April with Ekspress AM8 on board are contaminated, Interfax-AVN reported citing a source in the rocket and space industry.

India is likely to put into orbit its fourth regional navigation satellite on 28 March with the country’s space agency now in the process of loading the rocket with the satellite, an ISRO official was quoted as saying.

For the past eight days, Rosetta has been sending signals to Philae and listening for a response, but the lander has not yet reported back.