Satellite News

The launch of the second Russian satellite for weather forecasting and monitoring climate and environment in the Arctic region, Arktika-M, has been postponed to 2023 from 2021, according to documents of Russia space corporation Roskosmos published on the public procurement website.

Arianespace’s third Ariane 5 flight of 2019 has been given the “green light” for lift-off on 6 August following the launch readiness review, which was conducted at the Spaceport in French Guiana.

The fourth Earth bound orbit raising manoeuvre for Chandrayaan-2 has been performed successfully on 2 August 2019 at 0957 UTC as planned.

NASA recently extended the missions of eight astrophysics spacecraft that are currently operating, following a review of their productivity.

exactEarth Ltd. announced that it has been selected by Airbus Defence and Space as AIS partner to support its Ocean Finder maritime service.

The Proton-M rocket that will launch MEV-1 (Mission Extension Vehicle 1) and Eutelsat 5WB has been delivered to the Baikonur spaceport from the Khrunichev Space Center .

The Ariane 5 for Arianespace’s upcoming mission from French Guiana is now fully-assembled following integration of its two satellite passengers: Intelsat 39 and EDRS-C – both of which will be delivered to geostationary transfer orbit on a flight scheduled for 6 August.

A Mishap Investigation Board appointed by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has identified the most likely cause for an instrument issue aboard NOAA’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-17 satellite that launched on 1 March 2018 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.