Satellite News

Rocket: Ariane 5 ECA; Payload: Intelsat 37e, BSAT 4a; Date: 29 September 2017, 2156 UTC; Launch site: Kourou, French Guiana. The successful mission delivered an estimated payload lift performance of 10,838 kg to geostationary transfer orbit (GTO).

Rocket: Chang Zheng 2C; Payload: three Yaogan-30-01 satellites; Date: 28 September 2017, 0420 UTC; Launch site: Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China.

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) decided to postpone the launch of the third Epsilon Launch Vehicle (Epsilon-3) with the Advanced Small-size Radar Satellite (ASNARO-2) on board to 12 November 2017, from the Uchinoura Space Center.

The U.S. Air Force released a final Request for Proposal for an Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) Launch Service supporting the Air Force Space Command (AFSPC)-52 mission.

Rocket: Proton M/Briz M; Payload: AsiaSat 9; Date: 28 September 2017, 1852 UTC; Launch site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. At the time of writing this, the Briz M had finished the second of five burns planned for this mission.

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope now is planning to launch between March and June 2019 from French Guiana, following a schedule assessment of the remaining integration and test activities. Previously Webb was targeted to launch in October 2018.

Rocket: Atlas V; Payload: NROL-42; Date: 24 September 2017, 0549 UTC; Launch site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, USA. About two hours after lift-off, officials declared the launch a success.

Rocket: Soyuz 2.1b; Payload: GLONASS-M52 [Uragan-M No.52S, Kosmos 2522]; Date: 22 September 2017, 0002 UTC; Launch site: Plesetsk, Russia. The launch and orbiting was carried out without any emergency, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. All systems of the spacecraft operate normally.