Satellite News

Rocket: Chang Zheng 6; Payload: 10 NewSat satellites (NewSat-9 to NewSat-18), three piggyback satellites; Date: 6 November 2020, 0319 UTC; Launch site: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China. The satellites were deployed into approx. 468 km x 478 km x 97.26 degrees Sun-synchronous orbits.

Rocket: Falcon 9; Payload: GPS III SV04; Date: 5 November 2020, 2324 UTC; Launch site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, USA. About 89 minutes after lift-off, U.S. Space Force and Lockheed Martin engineers at the company’s Denver Launch & Checkout Operations Center declared GPS III SV04 “separated” from its SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and “flying” under their control.

The 26-hour countdown for India’s next PSLV rocket launch has begun. The rocket with 10 satellites is expected to lift off at 0932 UTC on 7 November from Sriharikota, India.

The launch of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V carrying the NROL-101 mission for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office is now targeted for 8 November at 2236 UTC, pending range approval.

Rocket Lab announced it will attempt to recover the first stage of its Electron rocket during its next mission, the ‘Return to Sender’ launch, scheduled for lift-off in mid-November.

Intelsat S.A. announced financial results for the three months ending 30 September 2020.

Globalstar, Inc. announced its operating and financial results for the quarter ending 30 September 2020.

China launched a Long March 6 rocket early Friday (Nov. 6), successfully sending 13 satellites into orbit.