Satellite News

On Nov. 8, 2005, Europe launched its first mission to Venus. See how it happened in our “On This Day In Space” series!

On Nov. 7, 1996, NASA launched its Mars Global Surveyor mission. See how it happened in our “On This Day In Space” series!

NASA has voiced “substantial concerns” about a planned constellation of broadband satellites, saying the commercial spacecraft would increase the risk of collisions in an important slice of Earth orbit.

Lego is bravely bringing a new holiday special to the “Star Wars” universe.

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.