NASA Juno mission prepares for 11 December Jupiter flyby – Satellite News Digest
On Sunday, 11 December at 1704 UTC, NASA’s Juno spacecraft will make its third science flyby of Jupiter. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016120902
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On Sunday, 11 December at 1704 UTC, NASA’s Juno spacecraft will make its third science flyby of Jupiter. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016120902
Rocket: Delta IV; Payload: WGS-8; Date: 7 December 2016, 2353 UTC; Launch site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, USA. The Boeing-built military comsat was deployed into geostationary transfer orbit. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016120800
Following the activation of an existing launch option, Inmarsat and Hellas-Sat have entrusted the launch of their telecommunications satellite Inmarsat S-band / Hellas-Sat 3 to Arianespace. The satellite was previously scheduled for launch aboard a Falcon 9. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016120801
Spacecom announced that it entered into an agreement with AsiaSat to relocate its AsiaSat 8 satellite, from its current orbital position to Spacecom’s 4° West orbital position. AsiaSat 8 will be a gapfiller for Amos 6, which was launched during testing of a Falcon 9 rocket. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016120802
The EUMETSAT Council agreed that the ageing, but still healthy, Metop-A satellite will be exploited on a "drifting" orbit from June 2017 onwards, in order to extend its useful lifetime from 2019 to 2022. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016120803
Galileo satellites 13 and 14 have begun transmitting navigation signals as fully operational members of Europe’s satnav constellation. The two were launched together from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on 24 May. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2016120804
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