Satellite News

International Launch Services (ILS) and Inmarsat Plc reiterated that the Inmarsat 4-F3 satellite would be launched on a Proton Briz M vehicle in early 2008.

Globalstar Inc. has chosen Arianespace to launch all 24 satellites in its second-generation constellation. The companies have signed a firm contract for four launches, along with an option on four additional launches.

Globalstar Inc. has chosen Arianespace to launch all 24 satellites in its second-generation constellation. The companies have signed a firm contract for four launches, along with an option on four additional launches.

Rocket segments for the Zenit-3SL system arrived last week at Home Port, as Sea Launch transitions to mission operations.

Rocket segments for the Zenit-3SL system arrived last week at Home Port, as Sea Launch transitions to mission operations.

The first orbit raising manoeuvre of ISRO’s latest satellite, INSAT-4CR, was successfully carried out. Latest reports suggest that the launch was more dramatic than previously known.

Up to 10 launches are due to be carried out from the Baikonur cosmodrome before the end of this year, Interfax reported.

Rocket: GSLV; Payload: INSAT-4CR; Date: 2 September 2007, 1250 UTC; Site: Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, India. The satellite was placed in a 168 km x 34,710 km x 20.7 degrees geostationary transfer orbit — not quite the one targeted. ISRO nonetheless declared the launch a success.