Satellite News

SpaceX has delayed the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket carrying the SES 12 communications satellite. Lift-off from Cape Canaveral is set for Monday, 4 June at 0429 UTC.

Arianespace announced that ISIS – Innovative Solutions In Space – has joined the group of customers who have signed contracts to launch payloads on Vega’s Small Spacecraft Mission Service (SSMS) Proof Of Concept flight (POC flight) in early 2019.

On 27 May, Apstar 6 suffered a partial power loss owing to a anomaly of the satellite’s south solar array.

United Arab Emirates satellite operator Yahsat on Wednesday said its third satellite Al Yah-3 had completed its in-orbit testing and was ready to launch commercial services.