Satellite News

Rocket: Falcon 9; Payload: Dragon/CRS6; Date: 14 April 2015, 2010 UTC; Launch site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, USA. The Dragon supply vessel is on its way to the International Space Station; however an attempt to soft-land the rocket’s first stage failed.

Rocket Lab has unveiled the Rutherford engine, revealing that the Electron launch system – a small orbital launch vehicle – is the world’s first battery-powered rocket.

Inmarsat-5 F2 (I-5 F2), the second Global Xpress (GX) satellite, has successfully completed its orbital deployment stages on schedule.

Lockheed Martin said it will integrate customised applications or apps into its ground station solutions to offer more efficiency between operators and missions.