Satellite Executive of the Year 2016: Stéphane Israël – Satellite Today
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Rocket: Ariane 5 ECA; Payload: Sky Brasil-1, Telkom 3S; Date: 14 February 2017, 2139 UTC; Launch site: Kourou, French Guiana. For its first launch of the year, Ariane 5 successfully completed its mission from the European space port of Kourou (French Guiana) for the 77th consecutive time. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2017021400
Brazil’s SGDC geostationary defence and secure communications satellite and South Korea’s Koreasat 7 telecommunications satellite, both built by Thales Alenia Space, have just arrived at the Guiana Space Center, Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, where they will be lofted in a dual launch on 21 March by Ariane 5. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2017021401
China plans to launch its first cargo spacecraft in April, state media reported. The Tianzhou-1 cargo resupply spacecraft will be carried into space by a Chang Zheng-7 Y2 rocket launched from Wenchang Satellite Launch Center. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2017021402
An electrical short circuit may have led to the recent failure of the launch of the world’s smallest rocket capable of placing a satellite into orbit, JAXA said. http://www.sat-nd.com/archive/?id=2017021403
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