Satellite News

A pair of spaceships is getting ready for launch to the International Space Station in less than a week. A Soyuz rocket will launch three new Expedition 47 crew members from Kazakhstan on 18 March. On 23 March (UTC), Orbital ATK will launch its Cygnus cargo ship from Florida and deliver new science, spacewalk gear and crew supplies to the station crew.

The launch of India’s IRNSS 1G navigation satellite has been rescheduled for 28 April.

According to General John Hyten, the head of U.S. Air Force Space Command, there is little hope that the malfunctioning DMSP-19 military weather satellite can be rescued.

Roskosmos has announced that the recently launched Resurs P3 satellite successfully reached its operational orbit following the first of the two planned manoeuvres despite an only partially deployed solar array.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev agreed to slash funding for Russia’s space programme by 30%.

Brett Tobey, ULA vice president of engineering, has resigned after saying the firm last year refused to bid on a GPS III launch service contract because it was hoping to avoid a “cost shootout” with SpaceX.