Satellite News

Final integration has begun for Arianespace’s heavy-lift mission on 16 October with ARSAT-1 now installed on the workhorse Ariane 5 launcher at the Spaceport in French Guiana. The satellite’s co-passenger, Intelsat 30/DLA-1 (or ISDLA-1 for short), has meanwhile been moved to the Final Assembly Building for integration with the launcher.

The launch of ISRO’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV-C26, is now scheduled for 15 October (UTC) from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota.

The next Proton-M with a Briz-M upper stage will lift off from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on 21 October, Roskosmos said.

Rocket: H-IIA; Payload: Himawari-8; Date: 7 October 2014, 0516 UTC; Launch site: Tanegashima Space Center, Japan. The launch vehicle flew as planned, and, at about 27 minutes and 57 seconds after lift-off, the separation of the Himawari-8 was confirmed.

Orbital and NASA announced an updated schedule for the launch of the Orb-3 cargo delivery mission to the International Space Station (ISS) under the Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contract.

The launch of IRNSS 1C, previously scheduled for 9 October (UTC) has been pushed back a week, ISRO said today.

The boat that will lift ESA’s unmanned IXV spaceplane out of the Pacific Ocean after the research flight next month set sail on Saturday from Genoa in Italy.

ISRO will launch the third of seven series of navigation satellites from the spaceport of Sriharikota on 9 October at 2026 UTC.