Satellite News

NASA engineers attempted to contact the Opportunity rover today but did not hear back from the nearly 15-year old rover.

Rocket: H-2A; Payload: IGS Radar 6; Date: 12 June 2018, 0420 UTC; Launch site: Tanegashima Space Center, Japan.

Satellite rideshare and mission management provider Spaceflight has partnered with Rocket Lab for three upcoming launches.

Shares in Inmarsat Plc surged around 12% on Monday after the company rejected a bid from EchoStar late last week. The approach by EchoStar was for the entire share capital of Inmarsat.

MDA announced that it has signed a multi-million dollar contract with OHB System AG (OHB) to provide fine pointing for solar arrays and tracking antennas for the Heinrich Hertz communications satellite.

SES has been granted, by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), authorisation to serve the U.S. market using a significantly expanded O3b fleet in the Medium Earth Orbit (MEO).

NASA has approved an update to Juno’s science operations until July 2021. This provides for an additional 41 months in orbit around Jupiter and will enable Juno to achieve its primary science objectives.

Rocket: Soyuz FG; Payload: Soyuz MS-09 [Soyuz 55S]; Date: 6 June 2018, 1112 UTC; Launch site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The Soyuz MS-09 manned transport spacecraft was accurately placed on the target orbit for another mission to the International Space Station.