Satellite News

Rocket: Falcon 9; Payload: EchoStar 105/SES 11; Date: 11 October 2017, 2253 UTC; Launch site: Kennedy Space Center, USA. For the successful launch, a previously flown SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was used.

The launch of the Russian Progress MS-07 [Progress 68] cargo craft to the ISS has been scrubbed due to “reasons yet to be analysed,” a NASA spokesperson said. The next launch attempt will be no earlier than 14 October at 0846 UTC.

Aerojet Rocketdyne announced that the four RS-25 engines slated to fly on Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1), the maiden flight of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), are ready for integration with the rocket’s core stage.