Satellite News

China will develop and launch a two-meter-caliber space telescope, which will share the same orbit with the country’s future space station, said Yang Liwei, deputy director of China Manned Space Agency.

Ball Aerospace announced it has completed a six-month Phase A study of the scientific and technology requirements for the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) project’s Wide Field Instrument (WFI).

The Eutelsat 172B satellite has initiated its ascent to geostationary orbit.

Two further satellites have formally become part of Europe’s Galileo satnav system, broadcasting timing and navigation signals world-wide while also picking up distress calls across the planet.

After its launch to the International Space Station (ISS), SpaceX’s Dragon was successfully berthed and installed, bringing over 25 of NanoRacks’ customer payloads to the ISS, including the first-ever Chinese experiment to be brought aboard Station.

A International Launch Services Proton Briz M is to launch EchoStar XXI on 8 June 2017 at 0345:47 UTC from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Orbital ATK, Inc. announced that its Cygnus spacecraft successfully unberthed from the International Space Station, beginning the next phase of its mission before it reenters Earth’s atmosphere.

Inmarsat has awarded a contract for the construction of an additional Global Xpress (GX) broadband communications satellite to Thales Alenia Space.