Re-Entry: Long March 4C Rocket Body
NORAD ID: 36835 Origin: China Object: CZ-4C Rocket Body Type: Long March 4C Upper Stage Inclination: 97.6° Launched: August 9,
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Month: March 2016
Soyuz TMA-20M fueled for Flight, Crew participates in Pre-Flight Traditions
The Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft has been fueled for its trip to the International Space Station, set for liftoff on March 18 to being the second half of the Expedition 47 crew to the orbiting outpost.
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Banged-Up Drone Ship pulls into Port after latest Falcon 9 Landing Attempt
The world’s most-watched ‘barge’ pulled into Port Canaveral on Tuesday with plenty of flesh wounds from its latest encounter with a Falcon 9 booster attempting a high-risk landing at sea Friday night that ended with a particularly hard impact on the Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship.
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InSight Mars Lander aims for Launch in 2018, to undergo critical Instrument Re-Design
NASA is not giving up on the Mars InSight mission, the agency announced on Wednesday, noting that the mission is targeting a launch date of May 5, 2018 after its 2016 launch campaign had to be suspended due to problems with the prime instrument of the stationary Mars lander.
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Eutelsat Communications Satellite in good Orbit after Solo Ride on Ariane 5
The Eutelsat 65 West A Communications Satellite received a smooth ride by its Ariane 5 launch vehicle, arriving in a relatively accurate orbit to begin a ten-day climb into Geostationary Orbit.
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Video: Nighttime Ariane 5 Launch with Eutelsat Satellite
An Ariane 5 rocket blasts off from the Guiana Space Center in the dark of night on Wednesday, racing into the skies over its equatorial launch site to deliver the Eutelsat 65 West A satellite to Geostationary Transfer Orbit in the launcher’s second single-payload mission of the year.
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Indian PSLV Rocket counts down to sixth IRNSS Navigation Satellite Launch
India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle is set for its second launch of the year on Thursday in the continued deployment of the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System.
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Ariane 5 launches in the Dead of Night with High-Capacity Communications Satellite
Europe’s Ariane 5 rocket made a middle-of-the-night liftoff on Wednesday, thundering into the dark skies over French Guiana headed due east for a trip to Geostationary Transfer Orbit.
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ISS Operations Update – March 8, 2016
Experiments: Rodent Research – Setup of Microgravity Science Glovebox [The Rodent Habitat enables rodents to be kept aboard ISS, delivering
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Photos: PSLV rolls out for sixth IRNSS Launch
India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle is rolled from the Vehicle Assembly Building to the Second Launch Pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Center to set up for the launch of the IRNSS-1F navigation satellite.
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ISS Operations Update – March 7, 2016
Experiments: Space Automated Bioproduct Laboratory (SABL) Setup [SABL is a new space life science facility to be deployed on the
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Ariane 5 rolls to Equatorial Launch Pad for Single-Satellite Launch Wednesday
An Ariane 5 rocket rolled to its equatorial launch pad at the Guiana Space Center on Tuesday to set the stage for a Wednesday morning liftoff, carrying the Eutelsat 65 West A satellite to Geostationary Transfer Orbit.
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Orbcomm G2 Satellites finish In-Orbit Checkouts, adjust Orbital Positions
The Sierra Nevada Corporation announced on Monday that all 11 Orbcomm Generation 2 satellites launched atop a Falcon 9 rocket in December have passed in-orbit checkouts and were handed over to Orbcomm for regular operation as part of the company’s Machine-to-Machine architecture.
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Russian Cosmonaut simulates Walk on Mars after a ‘Year In Space’
Cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko, having just return from nearly a full year in space, and two of his fellow Cosmonauts conducted a simulated Extravehicular Activity on Mars in the continued efforts of gathering data on how the human body responds to different tasks after spending an extended period of time in Zero-Gravity.
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North Korean Satellite stabilizes in Orbit, Reports of Satellite Operation remain unconfirmed
The fate of North Korea’s Kwangmyongsong-4 satellite launched in February remains unclear after conflicting reports on the status of the small spacecraft emerged in the weeks after its controversial launch.
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Space Station Orbit raised for next Crew Launch & Express Cargo Mission
The International Space Station conducted a reboost maneuver on Saturday to set up the orbital geometry required for the fast rendezvous of the Soyuz TMA-20M spacecraft carrying the next crew to the orbital outpost, followed by an express cargo flight by Progress MS-02 at the end of the month.
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Falcon 9 exceeds Expectations in high-energy Delivery of SES-9
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifting the SES-9 communications satellite to Supersynchronous Transfer Orbit on Friday exceeded expectations and delivered the heavy satellite to a higher orbit than anticipated which will be beneficial to the satellite when moving up to Geostationary Orbit.
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