Satellite News

Rocket: Falcon 9; Payload: GovSat 1 [SES 16]; Date: 31 January 2018, 2225 UTC; Launch site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, USA. The satellite was placed in a supersynchronous transfer orbit. There were no plans to recover the rocket’s first stage.

Rocket: Falcon 9; Payload: GovSat 1 [SES 16]; Date: 31 January 2018, 2225 UTC; Launch site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, USA. The satellite was placed in a supersynchronous transfer orbit. There were no plans to recover the rocket’s first stage.

The identity of a satellite re-discovered on 20 January 2018 has been confirmed as NASA’s IMAGE satellite.

The identity of a satellite re-discovered on 20 January 2018 has been confirmed as NASA’s IMAGE satellite.

SpaceX has called off the launch of LuxGovSat S.A.’s GovSat 1 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station to replace a sensor on the upper stage of the Falcon 9 launcher.

NASA’s Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk, or GOLD, mission powered on the GOLD instrument for the first time after launch on 28 January.

Lockheed Martin reported fourth quarter 2017 financial results.

The first flight of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy is planned for 6 February between 1830 and 2130 UTC, the company’s founder and CEO Elon Musk said.