Satellite News

Orbcomm Inc. announced that it intends to launch six satellites — the Coast Guard Concept Demonstration satellite and five Quick Launch satellites — on 19 June 2008 from the Russian Kapustin Yar launch facility at approximately 0630 UTC.
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Russia’s TsSKB Progress said it has started preparing equipment to be sent to the planned Soyuz launch site in French Guiana.
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Space shuttle Discovery and its crew landed at 1515 UTC on Saturday, 14 June, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, completing a 14-day journey of more than 9.1 million in space.
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Rocket: Ariane 5 ECA; Payload: Skynet 5C, Turksat 3A; Date: 12 June 2008, 2205 UTC; Site: Kourou, French Guyana. The two satellites were successfully put into their respective target orbits.
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Spacehab Inc., said its Astrotech Space Operations subsidiary has won a fourth, fully-funded task order under the US$35 million Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract.
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Russia is set to launch its Meteor-M1 weather satellite — the first in years — in the fourth quarter of 2008, the satellite’s manufacturer said.
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Rocket: Delta II Heavy 7920H; Payload: Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST); Date: 11 June 2008, 1605 UTC; Site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, USA. Following a 1 hour and 15 minute flight, the GLAST spacecraft was successfully deployed and will begin to transmit photos and data beginning approximately three weeks after launch.
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Orbital Sciences Corporation has selected the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS), Wallops Island, as its base of operations for the company’s new Taurus II rocket.
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