Satellite News

Rocket: PSLV C38 ‘XL’; Payload: Cartosat-2E, 30 other satellites; Date: 23 June 2017, 0359 UTC; Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, India. The rocket launched the 712 kg Cartosat-2 series satellite for Earth observation and 30 co-passenger satellites (total mass: about 243 kg) into a 505 km polar Sun Synchronous Orbit (SSO).

Rocket: Soyuz 2-1v/Volga; Payload: classified; Date: 23 June 2017, 1804 UTC; Launch site: Plesetsk, Russia. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the launch went as scheduled.

Rocket: Falcon 9; Payload: BulgariaSat 1; Date: 23 June 2017, 1910 UTC; Launch site: Kennedy Space Center, USA.

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. announced that it has signed a contract with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to conduct a concept study to determine the feasibility of using a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Sub-Surface Ice Sounder and Imager as a potential payload on a future Mars orbiter mission.