According to the star-gazing horoscope aficionados, Leo is action-oriented, loves to be in the limelight and has a distinct strength, able to earn "king of the jungle" status. Applied to Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites, there are some similarities. There certainly is a lot of activity in LEO, and with it being such a buzz…

Fleet Space Technologies successfully launched its Centauri I nanosatellite aboard the Indian Space Research Organization’s (ISRO) PSLV-C43 mission from the Satish Dhawan Space Center at Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. Centauri I is the third commercial satellite launched in the past three weeks by the global Internet of Things (IOT) startup, after having deployed two cubesats, Proxima…

SpaceX delayed the scheduled launch of the SSO-A: SmallSat Express mission, which was set for Wednesday Nov. 28. The satellites would have been carried on a Falcon 9 rocket, lifting off from Vadenberg Air Force Base in California. According to SpaceX's twitter, "Wednesday's launch attempt of Spaceflight SSO-A from Vandenberg Air Force Base is currently…

Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) is designing a low cost 35 kilogram lunar communications satellite mission called DoT-4, targeted for a 2021 launch. DoT-4 aims to provide the communications relay back to Earth using the Goonhilly Deep Space Network, and will link up with a rover on the surface of the Moon. SSTL is currently in…