Satellite News

Rocket: H-IIA; Payload: Michibiki No. 4; Date: 9 October 2017, 2201 UTC; Launch site: Tanegashima Space Center, Japan. The satellite, which will become part of Japan’s navigational Quasi-Zenith Satellite System, separated from the launch vehicle approx. 29 minutes after lift-off.

Rocket: Falcon 9; Payload: 10 Iridium NEXT satellites; Date: 9 October 2017, 1237 UTC; Launch site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, USA. The satellites were delivered into low-Earth orbit approximately one hour after lift-off.

The launch of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V carrying the NROL-52 mission from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station was scrubbed on 7 October owing to an issue with a telemetry transmitter on the launch vehicle.

The launch of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V carrying the NROL-52 mission was scrubbed again due to weather.

The launch of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V carrying the NROL-52 mission was scrubbed today due to ground winds that prevented launch.

SpaceX confirmed that the launch of SES-11/EchoStar 105 aboard a used Falcon 9 was delayed several days.

A Ukrainian-made Zenit carrier rocket, loaded with the AngoSat-1 satellite built at Angola’s request, will be launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome on 7 December, RSC Energia said.

Satellite rideshare and mission management provider Spaceflight announced it was awarded its first NASA Kennedy Space Center Contract (KSC) for launch and integration services.