Satellite News

D-Orbit S.p.A., an Italian service provider of the New Space sector, signed a multi-year framework agreement with US-based launch operator Firefly Aerospace Inc. (Firefly) to purchase launch capacity of the Firefly Alpha launch vehicle.

Rocket: Falcon 9; Payload: Dragon Demo 1; Date: 2 March 2019, 0749 UTC; Launch site: Kennedy Space Center, USA. The Dragon 2 (aka Crew Dragon) capsule docket with the International Space Station on 3 February.

The first six spacecraft produced by the OneWeb Satellites joint venture of OneWeb and Airbus were successfully deployed into a circular low Earth orbit of approximately 1,000 km (altitude) and 87,77 deg. inclination on Arianespace’s first Soyuz mission of 2019 (and the launch services company’s second mission overall this year).

D-Orbit, an Italian service provider for the New Space sector, signed a contract with Planet, a US-based private Earth imaging company, for the launch and deployment of six Dove-series satellites.

Arianespace’s Soyuz mission that will orbit global satellite operator OneWeb’s first six spacecraft has been authorised for launch on 27 February from the Spaceport in French Guiana.

Based on the positive results of analyses performed with Russian space authorities responsible for a Soyuz launch performed from Baikonur Cosmodrome on 21 February 2019, Arianespace has taken the decision to resume preparations for its Flight VS21 OneWeb F6 mission at the Guiana Space Center.

India’s PSLV-C45, currently scheduled for launch on 21 March, is to put 30 satellites, including one for electronic intelligence, in three different orbits.

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. and United Launch Alliance will split six military space launches, as the Pentagon and Air Force announced results of the latest competition between the U.S. national security launch providers.