Satellite News

NASA and its mission partners are now targeting 11 August for the launch of the Parker Solar Probe mission to the Sun.

Lockheed Martin reported financial results for the second quarter 2018.

Dmitry Paison, the director of Russia’s Central Research Institute of Machine Building (TsNIIMash), which is a rocket and spacecraft scientific centre at Roskosmos, has filed an application for dismissal, Roskosmos’ press service head Vladimir Ustimenko was quoted as saying.

SSL announced the advanced high throughput satellite built for Telesat is successfully performing post-launch manoeuvres according to plan. The SSL-built satellite deployed its solar arrays on schedule following its launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida early Sunday morning. It began firing its main thruster earlier today to propel toward its final geostationary orbit.

Russia has begun work on a new Soyuz-5 carrier rocket, chief of Russia’s state space corporation Dmitry Rogozin was quoted as saying. The process would “mobilise all space industry, refresh it and utilise our strong development and production capabilities.”

MDA announced it has received a commitment from the UK Space Agency (UKSA) to develop space robotics capabilities in the United Kingdom. The agreement, valued at C$1.7 million, enhances MDA’s ability to lead a European consortium bidding on the first phase of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Space Servicing Vehicle (SSV) Robotics Program.

Rocket: Falcon 9; Payload: Telstar 19 VANTAGE [Telstar 19V]; Date: 22 July 2018, 0550 UTC; Launch site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, USA. The satellite was deployed approximately 32 minutes after lift-off.

Next week’s Arianespace flight with four European Galileo navigation spacecraft has been approved for lift-off on 25 July following the launch readiness review held at the Spaceport in French Guiana.