Satellite News

The first Ariane 5 rocket modified to carry four Galileo satellites into orbit has arrived at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana for a November launch.

Sea Launch may use a yet-to-be developed Russian rocket to replace the mainly Ukrainian-made Zenit carriers, the head of the Russian space rocket corporation Energia said.

The first experimental mission of ISRO’s scramjet engine towards the realisation of an air breathing propulsion system was successfully conducted on 28 August 2016 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota. Thus, India became the fourth country to demonstrate the flight testing of a scramjet engine.

SpaceX’s Dragon cargo spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean at 1547 UTC on 26 August southwest of Baja California with more than 1,350 kg of NASA cargo, science and technology demonstration samples from the International Space Station.

NASA has selected United Launch Services to provide launch services for the Mars 2020 mission, currently targeted for launch in July 2020 aboard an Atlas V 541 rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

During the remaining four months of 2016, Arianespace plans to launch – amongst others – Earth observation platforms and global navigation satellites from the Spaceport in French Guiana.

Rocket: Ariane 5 ECA; Payload: Intelsat 33e, Intelsat 36; Date: 24 August 2016; Launch site: Kourou, French Guiana. In a rare dual launch for a single customer, both satellites were successfully deployed into geostationary transfer orbit.

corporation Roskosmos is allocating over RUB1.9 billion (US$29 million) to upgrading rocket engines, rocket boosters and spacecraft, according to materials published on Russia’s official public procurement website.