Satellite News

Rocket: Kuaizhou-1A; Payload: JL-1, XY-S1, Caton-1; Date: 9 January 2017, 0411 UTC; Launch site: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China. The small rocket sent three satellites into space in its first commercial mission.

SpaceX’s planned rocket launch of 10 Iridium Next satellites aboard a Falcon 9 was delayed until 14 January owing to bad weather.

Rocket: Chang Zheng 3B; Payload: TJS-2 [TXJSSY-2]; Date: 6 January 2017, 1518 UTC; Launch site: Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China. The satellite was deployed into a 204 km x 35,809 km x 27.5 degrees geostationary transfer orbit.

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued SpaceX a license for its upcoming launch of 10 Iridium Next satellites aboard a Falcon 9, which is now set for 9 January.

Arianespace announced that it will launch Intelsat 39 for Intelsat. In addition,Japanese operator Sky Perfect JSAT Corporation has chosen Arianespace to launch its JCSAT-17 telecommunications satellite.

Rocket: Chang Zheng 2D; Payload: SuperView 1-01 [Gaojing 1-01], SuperView 1-02 [Gaojing 1-02], BY70-1; Date: 28 December 2016, 0323 UTC; Launch site: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China.

The launch of EchoStar XXI aboard a Proton M has been pushed to no earlier than January 2017.

Rocket: Chang Zheng-2D; Payload: TanSat; Date: 22 December 2016, 1522 UTC; Launch site: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China. The 620-kg satellite was sent into a 700 km x 98.2 degrees sun synchronous orbit .