The regional operator Kacific Broadband Satellites has chosen the SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle to launch its KACIFIC-1 spacecraft. The satellite which is currently being built by Boeing using a version of its 702 bus design will be launched in 2019. Kacific-1 is a...
A SpaceX-operated Falcon 9V1.2 FT-R launch vehicle lofted the FORMOSAT-5 remote sensing spacecraft into a 720 km sun-synchronous orbit on behalf of Taiwan’s National Space Organisation (NSPO) at 1851 GMT on 24 August 2017. Nearly 11 minutes after lift off, the...
It was announced on 21 August, by Roscosmos subsidiary JSC Glavkosmos, that its newly formed joint venture with ISC Kosmotras, GK Launch Services had signed contracts to provide two Soyuz 2-1A launches for South Korean manufacturers: KARI (Korea Aerospace Research...
On 11 August, Virgin Orbit signed a contract for the provision of one of their air-launched, small-satellite launch vehicles, LauncherOne, to Italian aerospace manufacturer SITAEL S.p.A. The mission will be for SITAEL’s technology demonstration...
Launch Pad 39A, at the Kennedy Space Centre, USA, played host to a SpaceX Falcon 9 medium-lift launch vehicle cargo mission to the ISS (International Space Station) at 1631 GMT, 14 August. The launch was twelfth SpaceX resupply mission to the ISS, and utilised their...
Commercial satellite operator SES has decided to employ reused Falcon 9 first-stage hardware in the launch of its SES-11 (ECHOSTAR 105) spacecraft. This follows successful flights with a similar reused first-stage for its own SES-10 geostationary...
