Satellite News

Rocket: Proton-M/Briz-M; Payload: Eutelsat 9B/EDRS-A; Date: 29 January 2016, 2220 UTC; Launch site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The rocket lifted off as scheduled.

The launch of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the GPS IIF-12 mission is set to launch on 5 February.

Space Systems/Loral (SSL) announced it was awarded a contract by an undisclosed customer to build six satellites for an advanced constellation of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites for Earth imaging.

Raytheon Company has received a US$564 million contract modification award from NASA for two satellite sensors as part of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Polar Follow-On missions.

Harris Corporation has received a US$316 million cost-plus-award-fee contract modification to build two payloads for the fourth and fifth weather satellites in the U.S. National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) programme.

Rocket: Ariane 5 ECA; Payload: Intelsat 29e; Date: 27 January 2016, 2320 UTC; Launch site: Kourou, French Guiana. The satellite was successfully placed into its targeted geostationary transfer orbit 30 minutes after lift-off.

Rocket: Ariane 5 ECA; Payload: Intelsat 29e; Date: 27 January 2016, 2320 UTC; Launch site: Kourou, French Guiana. The satellite was successfully placed into its targeted geostationary transfer orbit 30 minutes after lift-off.

The launch of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the GPS IIF-12 mission has been delayed to no earlier than 4 February.