Satellite News

Eutelsat Communications has been advised by Sea Launch of a delay to the planned launch on 15 April of the Eutelsat 3B satellite.

A launch time has been set for the launch of the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Flight 19 (DMSP-F19) military weather satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base. The 10-minute launch window opens on 3 April opens at 1446 UTC.

NASA has selected Orbital Sciences Corp. to launch the Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) mission. CYGNSS will launch in October 2016 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida aboard a Pegasus XL rocket from Orbital’s “Stargazer” L-1011 aircraft.

Russia will reportedly deliver seven Soyuz rockets for launches from French Guiana.

Preparations are underway for flight tests of the Angara Space Launch System at the Plesetsk Launch Base, Arkhangelsk Region, Russia.

The Russian Loutch 5V (5B) spacecraft and Kazakhstan’s KazSat 3 communications satellite were delivered to the Baikonur launch base on Monday, 24 March to be processed for a dual launch. Built by Reshetnev ISS, both satellites are to be launched by a Proton M/Briz M launch vehicle.

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