Satellite News

Rocket: Chang Zheng-3A; Payload: Beidou-3M19 (Beidou-52), Beidou-3M20 (Beidou-53); Date: 16 December 2019, 0722 UTC; Launch site: Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China. The two navigation satellites were placed into approx. 22,524 km x 22,193 km x 55.02 degrees orbit after a flight of more than three hours.

Vector Launch Inc. has filed for Chapter 11 protection in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Delaware, with a deal to sell its GalacticSky satellite software business to Lockheed Martin for US$4.25 million.