Satellite News

The two recently launched SuperView-1 (Gaojing-1) Chinese imaging satellites were deployed into in a lower-than-expected orbit, indicating a partial failure of the Chang Zheng 2D launch vehicle.

Russian Satellite Communication Company said it has made initial payments under contracts with JSC ISS Reshetnev and Thales Alenia Space to build the Ekspress-80 and Ekspress-103 satellites.

Rocket: Chang Zheng 2D; Payload: SuperView 1-01 [Gaojing 1-01], SuperView 1-02 [Gaojing 1-02], BY70-1; Date: 28 December 2016, 0323 UTC; Launch site: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China.

Replacing electronic equipment for the future Spektr-RG observatory due to the new estimates of radiation levels cost German participants of this project about EUR5 million, Mikhail Pavlinsky, the head of Russian Space Research Institute, was quoted as saying.

Russia’s S7 group of companies has signed final documents to become owner of the Sea Launch space platform, the Izvestia newspaper reported citing the launch site’s previous owner.

The launch of EchoStar XXI aboard a Proton M has been pushed to no earlier than January 2017.

ATLAS Space Operations, Inc. announced that is has been selected by Space Systems Loral to provide dedicated launch and on-orbit satellite operations support for a 2018 mission.

Academician M.F. Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems – ISS-Reshetnev Company said it had obtained a bank guarantee enabling it to continue working with a view of developing the GLONASS satellite navigation system.