Satellite News

Rocket: H-IIB; Payload: H-II Transfer Vehicle “KOUNOTORI6” (HTV6); Date: 9 December 2016, 1326 UTC; Launch site: Tanegashima Space Center, Japan. The launch vehicle flew as planned, and at approximately 15 minutes and 11 seconds after lift-off, the separation of HTV6 was confirmed.

The U.S. Air Force’s Rocket Systems Launch Program, part of the Launch Enterprise Directorate at the Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC), awarded the National Reconnaissance Office Launch-111 contract to Orbital ATK.

On Sunday, 11 December at 1704 UTC, NASA’s Juno spacecraft will make its third science flyby of Jupiter.