Satellite News

Arianespace announced the loss of the Vega VV17 mission, which was carrying two payloads, SEOSAT-Ingenio, an Earth-science observation satellite for the European Spatial Agency (ESA) and TARANIS for France’s National Centre for Space Studies (CNES). Human error is suspected to have caused the mishap.

The fifth Chang Zheng-5 rocket, to be used to launch China’s Chang’e-5 lunar probe, was vertically transported to the launching area at the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in south China’s Hainan Province on Tuesday.

Viasat Inc. announced that its solid-state, fully-electronic phased array flat panel antenna, selected by SES for the O3b mPOWER satellite communications system, has entered the Test Readiness Review (TRR) stage of the programme.

The recent surge of COVID-19 infections has impelled Virgin Galactic to reschedule the third crewed test flight of its VSS Unity space plane, which had been targeted for Nov. 19-23.

The CEO of the new space strategy game says international spaceflight missions helped inspire a new game focusing on space agency management.

China conducted its 34th launch of the year on Nov. 12, sending the Tiantong-1 (02) mobile communications satellite into an orbit high above Earth.

No one was expecting the snap on Nov. 6 as engineers at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico weighed their options for dealing with damage to the facility from a cable failure over the summer.

Glover came aboard the International Space Station early Tuesday morning (Nov. 17), becoming the first African American ever to begin a full six-month stint on the orbiting lab.