Satellite News

Rocket: PSLV; Payload: EOS-1 (formerly RISAT-2BR2), nine customer satellites; Date: 7 November 2020, 0941 UTC; Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota, India. The satellites were released into approx. 565 km x 577 km x 36.90 degrees orbits.

Rocket: Ceres-1; Payload: Tianqi-11; Date: 7 November 2020, 0712 UTC; Launch site: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China. The satellite was deployed into a 485 km x 501 km x 97.41 degrees Sun-synchronous orbit. The launch marked the second successful attempt by a Chinese private rocket firm since July 2019 following two failed launches in 2018 and early 2019.

Owing to impending inclement weather, United Launch Alliance has moved the launch of an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station to no earlier than 11 November from 8 November.

SES S.A. announced its financial results for the nine months ending 30 September 2020.

SpaceX plans to launch the first operational flight of its Crew Dragon astronaut taxi to the International Space Station on Nov. 14, 2020.

The first oCrew-1 astronaut team launching on SpaceX’s next crewed flight arrive at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center today (Nov. 8). Watch it live.

The first oCrew-1 astronaut team launching on SpaceX’s next crewed flight arrive at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center today (Nov. 8). Watch it live.

The best place for life on Mars might be more than a kilometre below its surface!