Satellite News

Rocket: Chang Zheng 3C/G2; Payload: Tianlian 1-4; Date: 22 November 2016, 1524 UTC; Launch site: Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China. The 2,100-kg tracking and relay satellite was placed in a geostationary transfer orbit.

NASA has selected SpaceX to provide launch services for the agency’s Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission. Launch is targeted for April 2021 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.