Arianespace and the Malaysian regional satellite operator MEASAT Global Berhad (MEASAT) have signed a launch agreement for an Ariane 5 ECA launch of the communications satellite MEASAT-3d. MEASAT-3d,will be launched into geostationary transfer orbit on its way to its...
Having acquired the start-up Helios Wire low Earth orbit “Internet of Things” (IoT) constellation outfit, satellite operator EchoStar has ordered two S-band test IoT communications satellites from CubeSat manufacturer Tyvak. The acquisition of Helios Wire...
A launch occurred at 1000 GMT, 17 November 2019, from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, North China. This mission saw the Kuaizhou-1A light-launcher carrying two small satellites built by the Small Satellite Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). On-board...
China’s EXPACE privateer launch company launched Kuaizhou-1A launch vehicle at about 0340 GMT on 13 November from the Jiuquan launch site in China. The launch reportedly placed the 230 kg Jilin-1 Gaofen 02A imaging satellite into a sun-synchronous low Earth...
Lifting-off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has lifted-off for the fourth time. This mission took place at 1456 GMT, on 11 November 2019, launching the second batch of 60 Starlink satellites into orbit. Following on from the...
At 1743 GMT, on 4 November 2019, a Long March 3B/G2 (CZ-3B/G2) rocket lifted-off from Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Southern China, carrying the BEIDOU-3 IGSO-3 satellite into orbit. This IGSO unit will travel to a Geosynchronous orbit, inclined at the...
