Satellite News

Rocket: Falcon 9; Payload: EchoStar 105/SES 11; Date: 11 October 2017, 2253 UTC; Launch site: Kennedy Space Center, USA. For the successful launch, a previously flown SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was used.

The launch of the Russian Progress MS-07 [Progress 68] cargo craft to the ISS has been scrubbed due to “reasons yet to be analysed,” a NASA spokesperson said. The next launch attempt will be no earlier than 14 October at 0846 UTC.

Aerojet Rocketdyne announced that the four RS-25 engines slated to fly on Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1), the maiden flight of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), are ready for integration with the rocket’s core stage.

The launch of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V carrying the NROL-52 mission is now scheduled for no earlier than Saturday, 14 October.

Orbital ATK is requesting a later launch date from the 30th Space Wing at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, to accommodate further verification and routine testing of the company’s Minotaur C rocket.

Russia may sign four contracts for international launches of Proton carrier rockets in 2019, acting CEO of the Khrunichev Space Center Alexei Varochko was quoted as saying. Khrunichev is the producer of Proton rockets.

The next Sentinel satellite is now on the launch pad at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia. The Rokot launch vehicle will be fuelled two days before launch, set for 12 October at 0927 UTC.

The next Sentinel satellite is now on the launch pad at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia. The Rokot launch vehicle will be fuelled two days before launch, set for 12 October at 0927 UTC.