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[Via Satellite 06-05-2014] Measat rescheduled the launch of its Measat 3B satellite to September 2014 from the previously arranged date of June 6, 2014. The satellite will remain in storage at the spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana prior to launch. The postponement was first announced when Optus Networks informed launch provider Arianespace that its co-passenger...

[Via Satellite 06-02-2014] The Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) began broadcasting services to the Far East region through the Express AT2 satellite, which was launched into orbit on March 16, 2014. ISS Reshetnev Company built the satellite in conjunction with Thales Alenia Space, based on the Express 1000K platform. The satellite carries 16 Ku-band transponders...

[Via Satellite 05-27-2014] Sea Launch successfully placed the Eutelsat 3B satellite into orbit on the Zenit 3SL rocket, launched from the Odyssey Launch Platform in the Pacific Ocean. The rocket released the satellite into Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) after a one hour flight time, and partial deployment of Eutelsat 3B’s solar array was complete within...

[Via Satellite 05-27-2014] The co-launch of the MEASAT 3B satellite and Optus Networks’ Optus 10 satellite, originally scheduled for June 6, 2014, has been postponed due to repairs requested for Optus 10. Both payloads are scheduled to launch on Arianespace’s Ariane 5 launch vehicle. A new launch date will be announced as soon as possible.

[Via Satellite 05-23-2014] Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services has set the launch date for DigitalGlobe’s WorldView 3 remote sensing satellite for Aug. 13 2014. The spacecraft will launch aboard an Atlas 5 from Space Launch Complex 3E at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Lockheed Martin exclusively conducts all non-U.S. government launches of the Atlas 5....

[Via Satellite 05-20-2014] According to the newly released report by Northern Sky Research (NRS) “Satellite Manufacturing and Launch Services (SMLS), Fourth Edition,” the satellite industry ordered and launched more than 100 satellites in the past year. The total revenue generated by the industry globally in 2013 was almost $35 billion, according to NSR. The company...

[Via Satellite 05-19-2014] The most recent Boeing-built Global Positioning System (GPS) 2F satellite sent its first signals from space following its launch on Friday, May 16, 2014. This marks the halfway point of the 12 launches scheduled by the United States Air Force for the GPS 2F constellation. The satellite was launched at 8:03 p.m....

[Via Satellite 05-16-2014] The Russian Proton M rocket suffered an unspecified failure during the third stage of the launch for Airbus Defence and Space’s Express AM4R satellite. The failure occurred nine minutes after liftoff from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Friday, May 16 2014 at 1:42 a.m. local time. The failure was at an...

[Via Satellite 05-14-2014] Sky Perfect JSAT has agreed to use Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ H2A launch vehicle for the first time to launch a satellite in 2016 from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan. The H2A rocket is the core launch vehicle for Japan and has successfully carried out 22 out of 23 launches to date....

[Via Satellite 05-13-2014] The United States Court of Federal Claims has dissolved a ban on Russian-built RD-180 engines manufactured by NPO Energomash. The ban was prompted by a preliminary injunction filed by SpaceX against the U.S. Air Force’s block buy of rocket cores from United Launch Alliance (ULA). The Atlas 5, built by ULA, is...