Satellite News

Leaf Space, a provider of ground segment as-a-service (GSaaS) solutions, announced that it has established successful communications with all 13 satellites from five different customers including D-Orbit, NanoAvionics, Kepler Communications, Sen and Fossa Systems, that the company supported on SpaceX’s latest Transporter-3 rideshare mission.

Rocket maker Skyroot Aerospace Private Ltd’s Vikram-1 rocket is slated to lift off from a mobile launch pad or transporter, erector and launcher (TEL), a company official said. The Hyderabad-based company is planning to test launch its rocket with a couple of satellites by the end of this year, he added.

Orbex has submitted its application to the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) for a launch licence, the latest stage on its roadmap to beginning commercial space launches from the UK.

Arianespace is back to the Guiana Space Center (CSG) with Soyuz for a 10 February lift-off. The first Arianespace mission of the year will orbit 34 additional OneWeb satellites.

Rocket: Falcon 9; Payload: 49 Starlink satellites (Starlink 4-7); Date: 3 February 2022, 1813 UTC; Launch site: Kennedy Space Center, USA.

Rocket: Falcon 9; Payload: NROL-87; Date: 2 February 2022, 2027 UTC; Launch site: Vandenberg Space Force Base, USA. The customer, the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office [NRO], declared success on the mission.