Satellite News

SpaceX is now targeting Monday, 13 April to launch the next commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station. Launch of the Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft is targeted for approximately 2033 UTC from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

On 31 March at 1347 UTC, a Rokot launch vehicle outfitted with a Briz-KM upper stage successfully injected four Russian satellites – Gonets-M 21, 22 and 23 and a military satellite – into the target orbit.

The fourth and final orbit raising operation of IRNSS-1D was successfully completed by firing the Apogee Motor for 493 seconds on 01 April 2015.

NASA’s science mission to retrieve a sample from an ancient space rock has moved closer to fruition. The Origins Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) mission has passed a critical milestone in its path towards launch and is officially authorised to transition into its next phase.

The Ball Aerospace air quality sensor being built for the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) under South Korea’s National Institute of Environmental Research in the Ministry of Environment has passed a major milestone toward its launch.

Ad Astra Rocket Company has been selected by NASA as one of the winners of the space agency’s Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships (NextSTEP) competitive solicitation, which opened in November of 2014.

The Innovative Technology Partnerships Office at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, announced the release of its core Flight System (cFS) Application Suite to the public.

COM DEV International Ltd. announced an agreement to acquire Pacific Wave Systems (PWS), a leading manufacturer of waveguides for the global satellite industry, for US$20.1 million. The transaction strengthens COM DEV’s portfolio with a complementary space product that is expected to benefit from market trends including the growth in high-throughput satellites, the company said.