Satellite News

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope returned to normal operations late Friday, 26 October and completed its first science observations on Saturday, 27 October.

SES S.A. announced financial results for the nine months ending 30 September 2018.

Rocket: Soyuz-2.1b; Payload: Lotos-S1 [Kosmos 2528]; Date: 25 October 2018, 0015 UTC; Launch site: Plesetsk, Russia. The launch of the rocket and the deployment of the spacecraft into the calculated orbit took place in the normal mode, Roskosmos said.

Rocket: Chang Zheng 4B; Payload: Haiyang-2B [HY-2B]; Date: 24 October 2018, 2257 UTC; Launch site: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China. Officials said the launch was successful.

Viasat Inc. announced it selected SpaceX to launch one of its ViaSat-3 satellite missions.

Iridium Communications Inc. reported financial results for the third quarter of 2018.

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. announced its key role in the first-ever demonstration of an in-flight aircraft communicating at broadband speeds with a low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite system.

NASA and Northrop Grumman have once again delayed the launch of the agency’s Ionospheric Connection Explorer, or ICON, to conduct further pre-launch testing on the Pegasus rocket. Upon completion of the testing, a new launch date will be established.