Launch
January 21, 2020
Capella Space unveiled on Tuesday the features of its "Sequoia" Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite designed for on-demand Earth observation. The satellite is a re-engineering of Capella’s test satellite Denali, which was launched in December 2018. Sequoia’s features include: A 3.5 meter deployed mesh-based reflector antenna combined with a high power RADAR to deliver high…
January 17, 2020
Arianespace successfully launched a dual-satellite Ariane 5 mission from French Guiana on Thursday, placing the EUTELSAT KONNECT and GSAT-30 into geostationary transfer orbit. The launch, designated Flight VA251, was Arianespace’s first of the year. It was was the 315th mission by the Arianespace launcher family and the 107th by an Ariane 5 version. Both satellites,…
January 15, 2020
Lockheed Martin has shipped JCSAT-17, its third satellite based on the modernized LM 2100 bus, to French Guiana for launch. JCSAT-17, built for Sky Perfect JSAT (SJC), will provide flexible mobile communications services to users in Japan and the surrounding region. Arianespace will launch the satellite from its spaceport in Kourou aboard an Ariane 5…
January 14, 2020
TriSept Corporation has procured a full mission aboard an Orbex Prime launch vehicle set for 2022 from the U.K.'s first spaceport in Sutherland, Scotland. TriSept is building a multiple spacecraft manifest for a dedicated rideshare mission aboard the reusable Orbex Prime small satellite launcher. The Orbex Prime launch vehicle offers a payload capacity of 150…