Satellite News

DigitalGlobe, Inc. announced the WorldView-4 satellite launch has been delayed due to ongoing efforts to restore and test infrastructure at Vandenberg Air Force Base following last month’s wildfires.

A state commission has approved 19 October (UTC) as a new date for the postponed launch of the Soyuz MS-02 manned spacecraft to the International Space Station, Russia’s Roskosmos state space corporation said.

The Orbital ATK Cygnus spacecraft is undergoing preparations in the Horizontal Integration Facility at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility for a launch on 14 October (UTC) on the company’s Antares rocket.

Orbital ATK, Inc. said the company and Stratolaunch Systems have embarked on a multi-year production-based partnership that will offer significant cost advantages to air-launch customers.

Unfavourable weather conditions over the Spaceport in French Guiana have resulted in a 24-hour delay for Arianespace’s Ariane 5 mission with the Sky Muster II and GSAT-18 payloads.

NASA and Orbital ATK successfully completed a pre-launch Flight Readiness Review (FRR) and established a targeted launch date of 14 October (UTC) for the OA-5 cargo delivery mission to the International Space Station.

United Launch Alliance has been given an US$860 million contract modification for work on the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle for Delta IV and Atlas V rockets.

The initial Ariane 5 to loft four global positioning satellites for Europe’s Galileo navigation system has begun its build-up at the Spaceport in French Guiana for a milestone Arianespace mission in November.