Re-Entry: FREEDOM Drag Sail CubeSat
Japan’s FREEDOM CubeSat re-entered the atmosphere on February 5, 2017 after only three weeks in orbit, indicating its drag sail was successful in rapidly removing the small satellite from orbit.
Read moreJapan’s FREEDOM CubeSat re-entered the atmosphere on February 5, 2017 after only three weeks in orbit, indicating its drag sail was successful in rapidly removing the small satellite from orbit.
Read moreThe Intelsat 29e satellite launched atop an Ariane 5 rocket on Wednesday received a smooth ride into Geostationary Transfer Orbit and finished its initial checkouts, now ready to begin the climb to Geostationary Orbit for a 15-year mission delivering high-capacity communications services to the Americas and the Trans-Atlantic flight route.
Read moreEurope’s workhorse rocket conducted a rare single-payload launch on Wednesday, lifting the Intelsat 29e communications satellite to an optimized Geostationary Transfer Orbit to begin an “Epic” mission as part of Intelsat’s new and improved communications architecture.
Read moreEurope’s workhorse rocket conducted a rare single-payload launch on Wednesday, lifting the Intelsat 29e communications satellite to an optimized Geostationary Transfer Orbit to begin an “Epic” mission as part of Intelsat’s new and improved communications architecture.
Read moreEurope’s Ariane 5 workhorse conducted a rare single-payload launch on Wednesday, lifting the Intelsat 29e satellite into an optimized Geostationary Transfer Orbit.
Read moreAn Ariane 5 rocket is assembled at the Guiana Space Center for its year-opening launch in 2016, carrying the Intelsat-29e satellite to Geostationary Transfer Orbit.
Read moreThe high-throughput Intelsat-29e communications satellite is seen in testing and processing stages in preparation for its launch into Geostationary Transfer Orbit by an Ariane 5 rocket.
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