At 1013 GMT, on 8 August 2019, a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket lifted-off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, marking the second launch in 36 hours for the launch site. The mission was in aid of the United States Air Force (USAF) and carried as the primary...
At 1930 GMT, on 6 August 2019, an Arianespace Ariane 5 heavy-lift rocket lifted-off from Kourou, French Guiana, carrying two communications satellites to a Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO) drop-off point. This marks the third Ariane 5 launch of the year and it...
Lifting-off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 2323 GMT, on 6 August 2019, a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle carried the AMOS-17 communications satellite into a Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO). AMOS-17 is an multi-band satellite for Israeli FSS operator Space...
At 2156 GMT, 5 August 2019, a Russian Proton-M rocket, with Briz-M upper-stage, lifted-off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, carrying the fourth BLAGOVEST communications satellite into an eventual Geostationary orbit. The satellite also known as BLAGOVEST 14L,...
At 1211 GMT on 31 July 2019, a Russian Soyuz 2-1A rocket lifted-off carrying the PROGRESS MS-12 cargo freighter to a precise intercept with the International Space Station (ISS). The mission was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, and was timed down to...
On 23 July 2019, the Italian Space Agency (ASI) ordered the 2,300 kg ITAL-GOVSATCOM satellite from Thales Alenia Space as part of a national contribution to the wider European GovSatCom project. Thales Alenia will be acting as the lead company in a “temporary...
