August 2017

News on key developments at SupremeSAT, and general news on the Space and Satellite industry from across the web

SpaceX launches Korean satellite, loses millions – Satellite News Digest

Rocket: Falcon 9; Payload: Formosat-5 [ROCSAT-5] ; Date: 24 August 2017, 1851 UTC; Launch site: Kennedy Space Center, USA. The satellite was released into a 729-km sun-synchronous orbit. 82 minutes and 56 seconds after launch, a ground antenna at Svalbard station (Norway) received the signal from Formosat-5 as expected. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2017082400