Launch

Russia, Japan and China completed a series of back-to-back-to-back launches between Thursday, Feb. 1 and Saturday, Feb. 3. Russia’s launch was the first, carrying two Kanopus 5 Earth Observation (EO) satellites into orbit on Feb. 1 on a Soyuz 2.1a rocket. Nine smallsats under Glavkosmos federal and commercial contracts also joined the mission, Roscosmos reported,...

Despite January’s Zuma launch mishap, SpaceX is moving forward with its manifest on schedule, orbiting a new satellite for SES and the government of Luxembourg Wednesday afternoon. Kicking off the mission around 4:30 p.m. EST on Jan. 31, SpaceX successfully launched GovSat 1 (or SES 16), a satellite that will support secure communications for Luxembourg’s...

A team of Old Dominion University (ODU) students is counting down to a launch date later this year when their CubeSat will be sent into orbit from the International Space Station (ISS). More than 20 engineering ODU students took part in the two-year Virginia CubeSat Constellation project to develop the 4-by-4 inch satellite that will...

Viasat has extended its nationwide fulfillment services agreement with Perfect 10, in advance of the commercial internet service launch on its ViaSat 2 satellite. The companies will extend their relationship to serve residential and business fulfillment needs across the United States with upgraded ViaSat 2 internet service packages. Viasat’s field services team will continue to train the Perfect...

Instant replay! Watch tonight’s flawless #Ariane5 liftoff from the Spaceport in French Guiana, which commenced #Arianespace’s year-opening flight at the service of @SES_Satellites and @yahsatofficial. #VA241 #MissiontoSuccess pic.twitter.com/FOLv5ZtJVm — Stéphane Israël (@arianespaceceo) January 25, 2018 An Ariane 5 rocket managed to orbit two communications satellites and a NASA scientific payload on Jan. 25, despite an...

The World Economic Forum (WEF) is taking the next step after listing cybersecurity as one of its top global risks for 2018 with the launch of a new Global Centre for Cybersecurity in the spring. The new center, announced Wednesday at the WEF’s annual forum in Davos, Switzerland, will be based in Geneva and function...

Pacific Data Integrators, a service consulting provider for big data, cloud, data integration, data quality and data security solutions, and Informatica, provider of enterprise cloud data management solutions, have released Grid Health 360. The solution combines Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data with Informatica Master Data Management (MDM) in order to give utilities a better view into the state of...

Iridium Communications has announced the date for its fifth Iridium Next launch for March 18, 2018 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The first of four launches planned for 2018, Iridium 5 will deliver 10 more Iridium Next satellites to orbit, bringing the total number of new satellites deployed to 50. This launch will...

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) successfully demonstrated its latest Automatic Takeoff and Landing Capability (ATLC) using a satellite communications data link for its MQ-9B SkyGuardian/SeaGuardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA). The demonstration also included the first satcom taxi of the MQ-9B. According to GA-ASI, this capability will eliminate the need for a ground control station and...

Rocket Lab has successfully reached orbit with the test flight of its second Electron orbital launch vehicle, Still Testing. The Electron lifted off on Jan. 20 from Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 1 on the Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand, carrying a Dove Pioneer Earth-imaging satellite for Planet and two Lemur 2 satellites for Spire Global....