Satellite News

NASA has exercised the first option on a contract providing integrated services for the preparation and launch of the next generation of the agency’s scientific and exploration spacecraft.

The ILS Failure Review Oversight Board (FROB) concluded its review on 13 August concurring with the conclusions of the Russian State Inter-agency Commission on the root cause and the associated corrective action plan of the Proton M/Block DM mission failure on 2 July 2013.

The ILS Failure Review Oversight Board (FROB) concluded its review on 13 August concurring with the conclusions of the Russian State Inter-agency Commission on the root cause and the associated corrective action plan of the Proton M/Block DM mission failure on 2 July 2013.

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The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) decided to postpone the launch of the first Epsilon Launch Vehicle (Epsilon-1) with the Spectroscopic Planet Observatory for Recognition of Interaction of Atmosphere (SPRINT-A) onboard to 27 August 2013.

Rocket: Delta IV; Payload: WGS-6; Date: 8 August 2013, 0029 UTC; Launch site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, USA. The military communications satellite was successfully placed into geostationary transfer orbit. Approximately 57 minutes after lift-off, controllers confirmed the satellite was functioning as expected.

O3b Networks satellites for Arianespace’s next launch are now in French Guiana as the pace accelerates for this Soyuz mission from the Spaceport, which is targeted for late September.