Satellite News

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.

Millennium Space Systems has inked a contract for launch services with NanoRacks LLC of Webster, Texas, to launch its ALTAIR-1 Pathfinder satellite into Low Earth Orbit (LEO) this summer via cargo resupply to the International Space Station (ISS).

The Boeing Company reported financial results for the fourth quarter and the year 2015.

DigitalGlobe, Inc. announced its third customer commitment for direct access capacity on the WorldView-4 (aka GeoEye-2) satellite, which is expected to begin commercial operations in early 2017 following its launch in September 2016.