Satellite News

The launch of Boeing’s uncrewed Orbital Flight Test to the International Space Station, as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, now is targeted for 1159 UTC on 19 December 2019.

The launch of a Rokot rocket with three Gonets-M telecommunications satellites from Plesetsk has been scheduled for 26 December (local time), First Deputy Director General of Gonetsk Satellite System company Oleg Khimochko was quoted as saying.

China has successfully tested the second stage engine of the Chang Zheng-8 rocket, preparing for its maiden flight in 2020, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC).

A private equity consortium’s US$3.4 billion takeover of British satellite company Inmarsat was approved at a court hearing on Tuesday after hedge fund investors dropped a plan to challenge the value of the deal.