Satellite News

Activity is continuing for Arianespace’s next flight – an Ariane 5 dual-payload mission on 21 March (UTC) with the SGDC and Koreasat-7 telecommunications satellites, to be performed from the Spaceport in French Guiana.

United Launch Alliance has announced new tentative launch dates for the company’s Delta IV and Atlas V rockets.

A Chang Zheng-7 Y2 carrier rocket arrived at Wenchang, Hainan, in preparation for the launch of China’s first cargo spacecraft next month.

Researchers at the University of Bath have gained new insights into the mechanisms of the Northern Lights, providing an opportunity to develop better satellite technology that can negate outages caused by this natural phenomenon.