Satellite News

For its 11th launch of 2021 with the second Ariane 5 of the year, Arianespace will orbit two geostationary satellites: SES-17, a high throughput satellite operated by SES and Syracuse 4A, a satellite developed for the French Ministry of Defense. Lift-off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, is scheduled for Saturday, 23 October 2021, during a launch window from 0101 to 0330 UTC.

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Exolaunch, a provider of launch, deployment, and in-space transportation services, has expanded its business operations and sales in North America by opening offices in Denver, CO and Washington, DC.

RUAG Space has partnered with the UAE’s Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) to deliver them the latest generation of the GNSS navigation receivers for Low Earth Orbit, the so-called “LEORIX.”

NASA has selected a new space telescope proposal that will study the recent history of star birth, star death, and the formation chemical elements in the Milky Way. The gamma-ray telescope, called the Compton Spectrometer and Imager (COSI), is expected to launch in 2025 as NASA’s latest small astrophysics mission.

Kleos Space S.A. has signed new contracts with satellite builder Innovative Solutions in Space B.V. (ISISPACE) and global launch services provider Spaceflight Inc. to build and manage the launch its fourth satellite cluster of four satellites, the Observer Mission (KSF3) mid-2022.

A Russian An-124 cargo plane delivered two Ekspress-series telecoms satellites to an airfield in Kazakhstan for their launch from the Baikonur spaceport in December, Roskosmos announced.

On 22 September, ESA’s INTEGRAL (INTErnational Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory) spacecraft went into emergency Safe Mode. One of the spacecraft’s three active ‘reaction wheels’ had turned off without warning and stopped spinning, causing a ripple effect that meant the satellite itself began to rotate.

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Spire Global, Inc. announced a new weather customer, Southern Launch, a South Australian rocket launch service provider. Southern Launch will have access to the Spire Weather Point Optimised Forecast, a solution tailored for hyper-local, specific points of interest, for their rocket sites.

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