Satellite News

The launch of India’s first interplanetary probe, Mars Orbiter Spacecraft onboard PSLV-C25 (in its XL version), is scheduled on 5 November 2013 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota.

NASA successfully launched a Black Brant IX sounding rocket on 21 October at 1800 UTC from the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, carrying instrumentation to support the calibration of the EUV Variability Experiment (EVE) aboard the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) satellite.

A cargo resupply demonstration mission by Orbital Sciences Corp. drew to a close as Expedition 37 crew members aboard the International Space Station detached and released the Cygnus spacecraft from the orbiting laboratory.

The launch of Sirius FM-6 aboard a Proton-M has been postponed again upon request of the satellite’s operator, SiriusXM.

The launch of a Proton launch vehicle with the Sirius FM-6 satellite was postponed today for at least 24 hours due to issues with the satellite ground station network required for the launch and early orbital operations of the Sirius FM-6 spacecraft.

The launch of the GPS IIF-5 mission on a ULA Delta IV launch vehicle, previously scheduled for 23 October, has been delayed.

India’s Mars Orbiter Mission, which was slated to be launched on 28 October, has been postponed by a week due to bad weather that prevented a tracking ship to reach its destination in time.

The 2013 programme of Roskosmos does not include any more GLONASS satellite launches, the Voice of Russia reported.