Satellite News

Rocket: Chang Zheng 4B; Payload: two Tianhui II-01 satellites; Date: 29 April 2019, 2252 UTC; Launch site: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China.

NASA Launch Services Program (LSP) investigators have determined the technical root cause for the Taurus XL launch failures of NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) and Glory missions in 2009 and 2011, respectively: faulty materials provided by aluminium manufacturer, Sapa Profiles, Inc. (SPI).

The European Space Agency (ESA) and Russia’s Roskosmos should not consider postponing the launch of the ExoMars mission as its rescheduling will lead to the loss of support from European member countries, Director-General Jan Woerner was quoted as saying.

Lockheed Martin announced the successful completion of AEHF-4 spacecraft on-orbit test and available for Satellite Control Availability (SCA).

NASA’s commercial cargo provider SpaceX is targeting 0759 on Wednesday, 1 May for the launch of its 17th resupply mission to the International Space Station after successful completion of its static fire engine test.

Collaboration between the UK and France has developed a forecasting instrument that will set new standards of accuracy in short term weather prediction, the UK Space Agency said.

Airbus Defence and Space and Orbital Insight have expanded upon their partnership agreement to create Earth Monitor, a change analysis and insights service which provides situation awareness over archived or newly tasked areas of interest.

Russia’s Energia Space Rocket Corporation has developed a one-orbit scheme for spacecraft to reach the International Space Station (ISS). The scheme may be implemented in two-three years, the Energia press office announced on Friday.