Satellite News

The Space Foundation has released the findings of its publication “The Space Report 2015: The Authoritative Guide to Global Space Activity.”

Due to additional checks as part of the preparation of mission VA224 with Star One C4 and MSG-4, the launch initially scheduled for 8 July 2015 was postponed for a few days.

On 5 July 2015, at 0711 UTC, the logistics spacecraft Progress M-28M docked in the automatic mode with the Docking Compartment (DC) Pirs of the International Space Station (ISS) Russian Segment.

NASA’s New Horizons mission is returning to normal science operations after an anomaly and remains on track for its flyby of Pluto on 14 July.

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. announced that PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia, Tbk. (Telkom), the largest telecommunications services company in Indonesia, has selected Kratos’ satID geolocation system as part of a contract with Kratos ISI to upgrade Telkom’s Master Control Station (MCS).

Rocket: Soyuz-U; Payload: Progress M-28M (Progress 60P); Date: 3 July 2015, 0455 UTC; Launch site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The spacecraft separated from the third stage of the launch vehicle normally. Less than 10 minutes after launch, the resupply ship reached preliminary orbit and deployed its solar arrays and navigational antennas as planned.

The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), in its thirtieth flight (PSLV-C28), will launch three identical DMC3 optical Earth observation satellites built by Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL), United Kingdom (UK).

NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft recently performed a 23-second thruster burst – the third and final planned targeting manoeuvre of New Horizons’ approach phase to Pluto. It was also the smallest of the nine course corrections since New Horizons launched in January 2006.