Satellite News

The launch of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the fourth Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite for the U.S. Navy, has been rescheduled for 2 September.

ISRO said it had successfully deployed the large antenna of its military communication satellite GSAT-6 and also raised its orbit.

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said it decided to complete the scientific mission of the X-ray Astronomy Satellite “Suzaku” (ASTRO-EII) after carefully considering the condition of the satellite.

Azerbaijan has decided on the company that will build the second telecommunications satellite, Azerspace-2, according to the country’s Minister of Communications and High Technologies, Ali Abbasov.

Northrop Grumman Corporation has partnered with ViaSat and Optus to offer the Australian Defence Force (ADF) a solution for its utilisation of the Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) system.

An International Launch Services (ILS) Proton Briz M successfully placed the Inmarsat-5 F3 (I-5 F3) satellite into a super-synchronous transfer orbit (SSTO) today.

The launch of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the MUOS-4 mission has been postponed due to uncertainty in the weather conditions associated with Tropical Storm Erika.

Rocket: Proton M/Briz M; Payload: Inmarsat 5-F3; Date: 28 August, 1144 UTC; Launch site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The rocket lifted off as planned, and at the time of writing this the Briz M upper stage had successfully completed the second of five burns.