Satellite News

Rocket: Antares; Payload: Cygnus OA-8; Date: 12 November 2017, 1219 UTC; Launch site: Wallops Flight Facility, USA. Orbital ATK’s eighth contracted cargo delivery flight to the International Space Station is scheduled to arrive at the International Space Station on 14 November.

After a successful year-long test campaign by Airbus at IABG in Ottobrunn near Munich, the twin GRACE-FO (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On) satellites will soon travel to their launch site in California.