Satellite News

The launch of a United Launch Alliance Delta IV carrying the AFSPC-4 mission was scrubbed on 24 July due to a violation of multiple weather criteria.

The Russian logistics spacecraft Progress M-24M has docked with the International Space Station (ISS).

Rocket: Soyuz U; Payload: Progress M-24M (ISS Progress 56); Date: 23 July 2014, 2144 UTC; Launch site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The unmanned supply vessel was separated into its target orbit nine minutes after launch.

The launch of a Delta IV from Cape Canaveral was scrubbed today after a device that provides environmentally-controlled commodities to the vehicle shut down.

Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) announced the expansion of its Dream Chaser Space System’s global partnership to include Asia and the Pacific Rim through a recently signed memorandum of co-operative understanding with the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).

SpaceX said its Falcon 9 rocket’s first stage reentered Earth’s atmosphere and soft landed in the Atlantic Ocean following the recent launch of six Orbcomm satellites.

With the completion of complimentary verifications and control measures associated with the Ariane 5 ES launcher, Arianespace has set the date for its Flight VA219 mission for Tuesday, 29 July.

OmniEarth LLC has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Spaceflight Inc. for rideshare launch services related to its planned constellation of up to 18 satellites.