Satellite News

The Russian Federal Space Agency has postponed the launch of a Proton-M carrier rocket carrying Inmarsat 5 F2.

Scheduled for lift-off on 11 February between 1300 and 1500 UTC, a Vega rocket will loft the European Space Agency’s Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle (IXV), which was developed to test reentry technologies in developing systems and advanced technologies for future transportation systems.

The U.S. Air Force (USAF), acting in its capacity as the launch services provider with SpaceX, and with concurrence from NOAA and NASA, has announced a delay in the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) mission.

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V 551 will launch the U.S. Navy’s third Mobile User Objective System (MUOS-3) satellite on 21 January 2015 (UTC) from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.

RSC Energia announced a US$1 billion deal to supply engines for Orbital’s Antares rockets.

On its first launch of the year, Europe’s Vega rocket will loft ESA’s unmanned spaceplane to test reentry technologies for future vehicles.

Firefly Space Systems, Inc., a small satellite launch company, announced it has entered into a Space Act Agreement (SAA) with NASA’s George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) in Huntsville, Alabama.

Aerojet Rocketdyne successfully completed the first in a series of hot-fire tests on the RS-25 rocket engine, which will help power NASA’s new Space Launch System (SLS).