Satellite News

Payload preparations are advancing for Arianespace’s upcoming launch: a Soyuz mission to orbit the SES-15 telecommunications spacecraft from the Spaceport in French Guiana next week.

Aerojet Rocketdyne successfully completed its Critical Design Review (CDR) for AR1, a 2.22 MN (500,000 lbf) thrust-class, liquid-fuelled rocket engine.

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. announced that its Quebec subsidiary has signed a Letter of Intent with the Government of Quebec to establish a Satellite Centre of Excellence in Montreal.