Satellite News

The Russian space industry will continue paying enhanced attention to the quality of products manufactured by the Voronezh Mechanical Plant, despite the successful launch of a Proton carrier rocket, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin was quoted as saying.

NanoRacks said it successfully deployed four Spire LEMUR-2 CubeSats from Orbital ATK’s Cygnus spacecraft at a nearly 500-kilometer orbit.

The Eutelsat 172B satellite has initiated its ascent to geostationary orbit.

Two further satellites have formally become part of Europe’s Galileo satnav system, broadcasting timing and navigation signals world-wide while also picking up distress calls across the planet.