Satellite News

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said the PSLV-C46, on its 48th mission, would launch RISAT, a radar imaging Earth observation satellite, on 22 May.

The long-delayed U.S. Department of Defense’s Space Test Program-2 (STP-2) mission, carrying 24 payloads aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch vehicle, is now scheduled to lift-off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on 22 June 2019.

United Launch Services has been awarded a US$149.4 firm-fixed-price modification to a previously awarded contract for National Security Space Launch Delta IV heavy launch services.

Rocket Lab announced that its next flight will launch multiple spacecraft on a mission procured by satellite rideshare and mission management provider, Spaceflight. The launch window will open in June, with launch taking place from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand’s Mahia Peninsula.

GomSpace and ESA have signed a contract to adapt and improve smallsat systems and subsystems for science missions in deep space.

Investors in Inmarsat voted to sell the British satellite firm to a private equity-led consortium for US$3.4 billion following a recommendation from the company’s board that the offer was fair and reasonable.

Maxar Technologies Inc. reported financial results for the quarter ending 31 March 2019.

The Satellite Industry Association (SIA) released the 2019 State of the Satellite Industry Report at an industry briefing.