London-based satellite operator Inmarsat has chosen Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries as launch services provider for the company’s first sixth generation communications satellite.
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Hauling two heavy satellites into orbit, Europe’s Ariane 5 rocket checked off its fourth successful flight of the year on Wednesday, the 80th success in a row for the workhorse launcher in a streak that has been going since 2002.
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Europe’s Ariane 5 rocket blasted off from the ELA-3 launch pad at the Guiana Space Center at 21:15 UTC on Wednesday, June 28, 2017 on its fourth heavy-lift mission of the year, carrying a pair of communications satellites
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Europe’s Ariane 5 rocket blasted off from the ELA-3 launch pad at the Guiana Space Center at 21:15 UTC on Wednesday, June 28, 2017 on its fourth heavy-lift mission of the year, carrying a pair of communications satellites to Geostationary Transfer Orbit.
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Europe’s Ariane 5 rocket stands ready for liftoff from South America on Wednesday on another heavy haul into Geostationary Transfer Orbit with a pair of satellites for India and commercial operators Inmarsat and Hellas Sat.
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A powerful satellite is on its way to join Inmarsat’s Global Xpress fleet to deliver seamless global Internet and data connectivity to airline passengers, maritime crew and government users after successfully launching atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Monday.
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center at 23:21 UTC (7:21 p.m. EDT) on May 15, 2017 on a Supersynchronous Transfer Mission
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center at 23:21 UTC (7:21 p.m. EDT) on May 15, 2017 on a Supersynchronous Transfer Mission
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Sustaining a rapid turnaround pace at the company’s Kennedy Space Center Launch Pad, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lit up its engines on Thursday in a final end-to-end test ahead of liftoff as early as Monday night with a high-power communications satellite for London-based operator Inmarsat.
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Delays to the maiden flight of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket, exacerbated by the prolonged stand-down of the company’s Falcon 9 rocket after a testing accident prompted satellite operator Inmarsat to move one of its payloads from a planned launch on Falcon Heavy to the European Ariane 5 rocket to ensure a mid-2017 liftoff.
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