Satellite News

A wildfire in the vicinity of Vandenberg Air Force Base forced another postponement of the launch of WordView-4 aboard an Atlas V.

The launch of Russia’s new series Soyuz MS-02 manned spacecraft scheduled for 23 September was delayed due to a technical fault involving a short circuit that was revealed during a test.

The first GPS III satellite won’t be shipped until at least December because a subcontractor to Lockheed Martin failed to test onboard components. The satellite is already 28 months late because of other issues.

Lockheed Martin has received a US$19.4 million support contract extension for the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) spacecraft through September 2018, with a further extension possible through September 2019.