Satellite News

The next two spacecraft to join Europe’s Galileo global satellite navigation system have made their initial contact with launcher hardware at the Spaceport in French Guiana, continuing the preparations for their lift-off on an Arianespace Soyuz vehicle in May.

Roskosmos specialists have begun to assemble the nose section of integrated launch vehicle Soyuz-2.1a at Vostochny cosmodrome. The nose section will consist of the Volga upper stage and three spacecraft – Lomonosov, Aist-2D and Samsat-218.

RUAG Space will supply carbon structures for United Launch Alliance’s (ULA’s) new Vulcan Centaur launch vehicle.

Bigelow Aerospace (BA) and United Launch Alliance (ULA) announced they are partnering to develop and deploy habitable volumes in Low Earth orbit (LEO).

After a successful fit-check with the launch vehicle adapter and separation test, the Sentinel-5p mission has passed another programme milestone on its way to launch.

Payload integration has begun for Arianespace’s Soyuz mission on 22 April with the flight’s three miniaturised auxiliary satellite passengers now installed on a special platform that enables multiple payloads to be deployed by the workhorse launcher.

The crew of the International Space Station (ISS) has successfully docked the Dragon cargo spaceship, NASA said on Sunday, 10 April. The Falcon 9’s first stage, which successfully returned to the ground after the launch, will now be thoroughly tested.

Applications are now open for U.S. colleges and universities to compete for free CubeSat rides on United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rockets.