Satellite News

SpaceX has postponed the launch of EchoStar 23 aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center, scheduled for 14 March (UTC), owing to high winds.

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has delayed the launch of an H-IIA rocket with the Information Gathering Satellite (IGS) Radar 5 reconnaissance satellite from Tanegashima Space Center.

UrtheCast Corp. announced that it will receive approximately C$17.6 million in funding from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada’s Industrial Technologies Office as part of its Strategic Aerospace & Defense Initiative (SADI) programme.

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.

Following a static fire test, SpaceX is targeting the launch of the EchoStar XXIII satellite from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on 14 March between 0534 and 0804 UTC.