Satellite News

China plans to launch the Chang’e-5 probe in 2020 to bring moon samples back to Earth. The Chang Zheng-5 carrier rocket, China’s current largest launch vehicle, will be used to send the probe into space.

Processing is now underway with the satellites for Arianespace’s next dual-payload Ariane 5 mission, which is scheduled for a November lift-off from the Spaceport in French Guiana.

ArianeGroup has officially inaugurated the integration hall for the Ariane 6 upper stages.

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has successfully tested a state-of-the-art rocket engine preburner to elevate the U.S. technology base for high performance oxygen-rich staged combustion.

Arianespace and the European Space Agency (ESA) announced the signature of a launch services contract with a Soyuz launch vehicle for the EarthCARE satellite.

Arianespace and the European Space Agency (ESA) announced the signature of a launch services contract with a Vega launch vehicle for the Earth Explorer Biomass.

Russia’s Roskosmos space agency has agreed to move up the launch of the Progress MS-13 cargo spacecraft to the ISS at NASA’s request, representatives from both space agencies confirmed on Thursday.

The U.S. Air Force’s Space and Missile System Center released a Request for Information (RFI) to learn more about industry’s innovative developments in launch, on-orbit manoeuvrability, and commodity transport architectures for on-orbit servicing.